990FXA-GD80 FX-8350 BIOS 11.13 CPU Problems

All,
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
I had an AMD FX-8150 installed on my MSI 990FXA-GD80 and updated to the latest bios: 11.13. This was no problem.
Windows acted fine after reboot.
I do NOT Overclock the FX-8150 chip as I was not impressed with the performance potential of the FX-8150 when overclocked vs. stock settings. As such I left ALL BIOS settings at their stock settings with the exception of SATA MODE = AHCI.
However I do check stability of the stock settings with Prime95 and OCCT. Ran both for 60 minutes. And there were no issues.
I then reset bios to default status and then powered off my PC. Removed the AMD FX-8150 and installed an AMD FX-8350 (Vishera).
Powered on, clicked F1 to enter settings. restored defaults. Set SATA Mode = AHCI then saved and exited.
Windows booted just fine. However, ANY stress testing whether via: Prime95, OCCT or AMD overdrive fails with in 90 seconds.
The OS does NOT BSOD, however Prime95 recognized an error and stops as does OCCT and/or AMD overdrive. Temps do NOT get higher then 40 degrees Celsius in this short period of time.
I am NOT altering ANY bios setting: No frequency changes, No voltage changes. ALL default settings are intact.
I did use the jumper to clear CMOS, got into the BIOS, restored to default, set SATA MODE = AHCI, saved and exited. Reset the date and time. Rebooted, re-attempted the 3 above mentioned stress test software suites and all threes reported errors and stopped.
Is anyone else experiencing similar issues with this board with BIOS 11.13 using an FX-8350?
I've ran MemTest on the memory and this passes successfully.
I have another MSI board: 990FXA-GD80V2. I have the old FX-8150 in it right now. I just did a fresh install of Win 7 Ultimate 64-Bit, installed ALL windows updates and I will now update to the latest BIOS for it via Live Update 5.
Then swap CPUs and report my results.
Any and all help you can give will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Thanks for your reply.
I have tested a number of different PSUs with both the 990FXA-GD80V2 and 990FXA-GD80 and the FX-8350:
Corsair 1200AX
OCZ ZX Series 1250W
Rosewill Capstone 750W
Corsair CX 600
The result is the same for any and ALL of the above PSUs. So I am convinced, that this issue is NOT PSU related. That is not to say that a faulty PSU could not cause similar issues.
I also agree that it is not a Thermal issue. With ALL default setting set in the BIOS, Prime95, OCCT, etc. ALL error our within the first 90 seconds and on my systems while using the following Heatsink/fan/Close-loop Liquid cooling solutions temperatures NEVER exceed 50 C before errors occurr:
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Corsair H100
Zalman CNPS11X
ThermalRight Silver Arrow
I've tried the following memory options:
G.Skill F3-2133C9D-8GAB
G.Skill F3-17000CL9D-8GBXM
Muskin 997008
Muskin 997007
Muskin 996997
Muskin 996996
Patriod PV38G160C9K
All pass memtest86+
I have tried leaving the Memory settings set at default.
I've manually entered the timings and frequecy. (The highest bootstrap on this board is 1866, so If the memory was rated higher than 1866, 1866 was selected and the default clock frequecy of 200 was NOT changed. So for testing purposes 1866 was the highest possible setting).
Again ALL memory sticks pass memtest86+ on both 990FXA-GD80 and 990FXA-GD80V2
I've tried 3 separate FX-8350 CPUs on both motherboards. ALL combinations exibit the same symptons. That being under default settings, Prime95, OCCT, ect. fail.
I am convinced it is a voltage issue. I do not think the MSI 990FXA-GD80 and/or MSI 990FXA-GD80V2 with BIOS v. 11.13 ramps up the voltage fast enough when the CPU is stressed.
This opinion is speculative. But I think it is grounded in fact.
On these two motherboards ALL three FX-8350 become stable by changing CPU Voltage = AUTO to CPU Voltage = 1.365000
Anything less then this will produce an error in Prime95, OCCT, etc. with 15 minutes regardless of which of the above cooling solutions are used.
Any and all feed back will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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