Okay I got my answer my teacher's a dumbass stop posting.
The flasher might not be compatible with the 64-bit operating system but the BIOS doesn't give a fuck—it isn't related to the operating system and doesn't care what OS is running after it boots it. You might need to flash it via another method though (such as a usb drive or another option. If they offer none.... well... don't update the bios unless you have reason I guess)
Yeah, as I said I can use Q-Flash to flash it from a USB drive. But when I proposed to switch to Windows XP to flash it and then go back to Windows 7 64-bit, she said it wouldn't work because it's not supposed to work with 64-bit or some shit.
She's wrong, unless she refers to the Q-Flash application "creating" the USB key not working, in which case she may be correct.
No no, I didn't even know about Q-Flash and asked her for advice because I couldn't flash it from Windows.
Thanks for confirming my doubts, though.
I'm not understanding what is going on here, I think it is the way you are going about telling the issue. Ok, the question seems to be
[QUOTE]Does the BIOS need to be compatible with the operating system's architecture?[/QUOTE]
It needs to be compatible with the CPU architecture, as in if your motherboard (with the bios built in) only supports 32 bit chips the bios is going to have a fit if you put one in a 64 bit chip. Motherboards almost always have their bios chips built in to be compatible with the processors it supports, meaning it will support anything it says it supports. With that being said, if you're trying to flash your bios with the supported update for that particular motherboard there will be no issues.
The operating system needs to be compatible with the CPU architecture, and as long the motherboard supports that CPU, it'll work.
And as I said, my computer works with Windows 7 64-bit with said BIOS.
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