Another U310 Cannon Access BIOS Issue

I recently bought a U310 Touch. It came with Windows 8 and upgraded to 8.1 from the Windows App store. After the update, I cannot access the BIOS anymore. I have searched the forums extensively and tried F2, Fn+F2, OKR key, Windows Advanced Startup and none of them work.
When I press the OKR button, I can get to the boot menu but when the press BIOS setup, it simply boots windows.
I currently have BIOS version 65CN99WW which I think is supposed to fix this exact issue. I was able to find the BIOS file online so I can reflash the BIOS but when I try it, it gives an error saying "BIOS cannot be updated because it is the same or older BIOS"
Has anyone been able to resolve this issue? I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks

Hello,
I don't have a U310 Touch, but a U410 Touch, which I believe is very similar.  When I ran the 65CN9WW.EXE file on my system, it just installed the BIOS (well, technically, the UEFI) firmware update and then rebooted.  I did not try to extract the files and run them manually.
Regards,
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