Help needed flashing BIOS

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I recently bought a Q6600 CPU after getting a lot of helpful advice on the CPU forum.

I need to update my BIOS before I install the CPU but I have a problem.
When I go into Q-Flash it asks me to select the drive to install from but only lists a floppy drive which I don't have and doesn't list my USB stick. I have had a look on the net and most people advise trying different USBs but I only have two, an old 512m and a new 8g.

Both USBs are formatted to FAT32 and the USB option is enabled in the BIOS.
The alternative is to get a floppy drive but this seems a bit of a waste as I only need it for this one process.

Has anyone had this problem before and know of a solution?

My current Specs are
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C5 800MHz Dual Channel
Nvidia GTX460 768MB
Windows 7 64bit
 
The Bios file is the only thing on the stick, the problem is that I don't have the option of selecting the USB stick in Q-Flash.
 
As I've never done this before I'd like to do it a less risky way.

I don't want to ruin the PC and have to get a new main board and CPU just trying to get a slightly better performance.
 
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