Maximus Formula question

I really want to buy a maximus formula for my new build but a review i read frightened me a bit. I heard that i would need an older processor to flash my bios because they shipped with an old bios. Anyone here have one of these that could help me out or some advice that would get me around this problem?

http://www.a-power.com/product-4646

edit: oh and the processor i want to install is a q9300