Can not install OEM Windows 7 64 bit on iMac 24"

I have a late 2006 iMac 24" white. I have installed Lion with Boot camp 4.0. I am attempting to install Windows 7 64 bit OEM. At Step 3 "Install Windows" of the Installation and Setup Guide the system does not start the Windows 7 installer. Please Help!

I found another thread about running Windows 7 64 Bit on systems other than in a list provided by Apple. I ran the suggested Terminal Command with the following result:
george-halls-imac:~ georgehall$ ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi
| | "firmware-abi" = <"EFI32">
Does this mean that I can not run 64 Bit Windows 7 on my system? Do I need to upgrade the firmware? Can I change this parameter and get the system to boot the Windows 7 install disk?
My System is an iMac 24" white (late 2006), 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB mem. NVIVIA GeForce 7600 GT
Boot ROM version IM61.0093.B07
SMC Version (system) 1.10f2

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