[Cialug] bios fubar?

[neal daringer]

i recently was updating the bios on an old laptop, it showed that it 
finished. then it said, press enter to reboot. i pressed enter. then 
nothing. it will turn on, but i does not show anything nor act like it 
is doing anything worthwhile. any ideas on what i can do or is it now a 
nice big paperweight/doorstop/booster seat/pretend computer/etc/etc/etc????

kinda pisses me off too because i got the bios update from the 
manufacters website. fyi its wayyyyyyyyyyy out of warranty.