GS70 boot issue after BIOS 10C upgrade

Hello all, I have the GS 70 Stealth Pro (Crimson Red) with 970m 6GB. I recently upgraded to the newly released BIOS on the support page and have now run into an issue. Performance and operation of the laptop is fine, however when turning the laptop on, it'll turn on for a second then shut off. Pressing the power button again will boot the laptop with no issues. Since I cant seem to find the 10B bios which I didnt experience this issue with, is there a workaround or greater issue that would require a return?

Quote from: talonhawk01 on 06-January-15, 22:59:28
They didnt release an updated EC firmware with that BIOS, maybe thats the issue here as Im seeing its the 1504 version that was attached to previous BIOS
can i have exact gs70 model version you got? is it an GS70 2PE or ?

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