Hi so I need to update my BIOS on an HP Pavilion p7-1236s so I can get my new GPU to work in it. Unfortunately I went to the site to upgrade it and there was no update BIOS link. However there was two for this computer IF I had Windows 8. I remember a thread on here where a guy with a similar problem got it fixed by using the Windows 8 BIOS but never reported back any problems. Here's the thread link http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2154855/bios-issue.html. The answer says a BIOS is not OS dependent and I was wondering if anyone could verify this, but also tell me if anything can go horribly, terribly, Eldritch abomination bad. My apologies for the lack of punctuation.