ThinkPad Yogo S1 BIOS Update makes Windows unbootable

Model: 20CD0032US
On Saturday I updated the BIOS on my ThinkPad Yoga S1 to the latest version, v1.24. Beginning on Sunday, I started getting numerous BSoD erros when booting Windows 8.1. Previously, this laptop has been absolutely ROCK SOLID for the year I've owned it.
A few errors I recieved:
Critical System Driver Contains Errors
fltmgr.sys
0xc0000221
bfadi.sys
0xc0000221
"Digital signature for this file couldn't be verified" (didnt' specifify a file)
0xc0000428
ntoskrnl.exe
0xc0000428
After trying all the usual MBR and file system command line tricks, I still couldn't get it to boot. I tried playing with the SecureBoot settings in BIOS to no avail. I finally reinstalled Windows 8.1 since I had nothing significant on this laptop. (I pretty much use it for basic Office and automotive diagnostics. My desktop is my primary PC.)
That was Sunday. It all seemed fine except for one random BSoD due to some driver file. I didn't think much of it since I had installed dozens up Windows updates and updated drivers. I went to bed Sunday night with everything being fine.
The laptop was unplugged for a few hours and when I went to boot it up I started getting the same random BSoD's as above. No matter what, I couldn't get Windows to boot. I finally did a Reset to OS Optimized Defaults in BIOS and it magically booted. Everything seemed fine. I walked away to get some dinner and the laptop went to sleep. When I tried to wake it up, the BSoD's started all over again. Reset to OS Optimized Defaults once again worked.
I went into the BIOS and enabled installing older BIOS versions. I reinstalled 1.23 (GQET43WW) and everything seems fine so far.
Question is this:
Do I have a larger problem than a buggy BIOS update?
Could it be just a bad BIOS flash and is it worth trying 1.24 again?
Has anyone else experienced this problem with 1.24?
Thanks for the help!
-Erik

Good news. I've managed to resolve the problem. Just in case anyone else has the same issue. I reset the bios to factory settings, and disabled the secure boot entirely and it updated! You could try with just the latter first, else do a full reset. If you reset you might find that the system won't boot from the hard/ss drive. You have to switch UEFI to "Both". At least that is what I found.

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