BIOS Update on K8N Diamond (not plus)

Hi,
I've been told that to use an AMD X2 in my K8N Diamond I'll have to update BIOS. I've read people's instructions on winflash but I can't find a BIOS update in a .bin format, only in a .exe format. Can someone please help me?
Thanks!

Owwww ..... well, like I said: no matter what, it's your own risk.
The way I see it: flashing in DOS-mode, using a bootable floppy with your flashing utility and BIO-ROM on CD or HDD is the safest way. As long as you flash in Windows, there are all kind of programs that can interfere with the flashing process. In DOS, all these background programs/services simply aren't there.
But: if other mods on this forum advice to use winflash, it must be safe, otherwise they wouldn't. (It's only my second day as a mod around here, so I've still got to do some reading. Right now, my advice comes from experience on the Dutch MSI-forum. I just have to read through some house-rules here ... )

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