BIOS bricked!!! PLEASE HELP FAST

so i went to update my bios in my hp pavilion dm4t-2000 and it got around half way done and my hole computer shut off and when i try to turn it back on nothing happens. the caps lock flashes two times indicateing that the bios is corrupt. iv tryed using a flash drive to reflash the bios but nothing will work!! im really scared because my parents just bought this laptop for me and it cost them 800$ and if i dont get it fixed they will kick my a**. PLEASE HELP!!! bios = insydeH20 rev.3.5 F.14 and my computer doesnt have to hp-tools partition so i cant use that to fix it!!!!!

Manually fill in the information in the link and eventually it will lead you to a contact number.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/weInput?cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&lc=en&product=5111908&task=
Here are some more US contact numbers.
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/phone-assist.html#section3
You can manually remove the hard drive and connect it up to another computer through USB to move important files over. Here is what a portable hard drive caddy looks like.
http://www.vantecusa.com/front/product/view_detail/272
HP repair service has an option to save all your data if you request it, but it's not to be trusted. Other people have reported there are files with all their stuff in it when it comes back from the repair depot, but the files are empty.
You can try using 2 GB card, but something tells me that it won't make a difference.
If you have any problems with HP, post again.
Were you prompted by the HP Support assistant to update your BIOS or did you do it yourself ?

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