Sugestion: Make WIndows 8 bios updates show up in the Windows 7 page.

I have a sugestion to  HP and not sure where to put it so i will put it here.
This issue really needs to be made more aware because a lot of people including myself had the problem and did not know what to do.
Apparently there is a known issue with some HP computers (around those from 2012 or so) that technically has the capiblity to have a hardware upgrade such as a new graphics card installed (mostly for the elite set of PCs)  but that the computer itself would lock the user out of the upgrade
The issue seems to be that if you are using an older bios you likely will not be able to install the new hardware
For those who have windows 7 you may wish to check on your product page under windows 8 to see if there is a bios update.  Because it is not listed under windows 7 because "technically" the bios update is mainly for windows 8 BUT it seems to fix the critical issue preventing the new hardwear from working.
so HP may need to put that bios update on the windows 7 secton of the product page drivers and just add a footnote "While this bios update is mainly for windows 8 it apparently can fix some "hardware lockout issue" for new hardware on windows 7 too." :-)

Perhaps HP didn't do regression testing with the version 8 BIOS and Windows 7 hence the reason why it's not posted under Windows 7.  Many of the new functions with a version 8 BIOS are only supported under Windows 8.  However, your point is well taken.
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