Bios Download failed, corrupting bios; machine will not boot up

My unit -Lonovo 3000 K100 57068352; Vista OS.
on 10/12/09 I downloaded Bios; 2skg33a; released by Mar coGU; Release date 2009, 2, 27; based on Bios 2skg31a. The download went smooth, and reported everything completed. I rebooted the machine, and it will boot until the OS reaches the beginning of the start page, then recycles to the start.
I have done a complete recovery of my system and this doesn't help. It does the same thing. I believe the Bios are corrupted and is not part of the Hard Disk system.
I need to be able to download the original Bios for this machine.
Can anyone help? My machine is not usable without a correct Bios.
Thanks for any help.
AL
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Did u download the correct one? I checked this page and found there are 2 different bios available for different bios ID.
Flash BIOS update (BIOS ID: 2SKG)
Flash BIOS update (BIOS ID: 2SKT)
Also, i saw the release date is 2009-03-25, and the download link showed the text as 2SJG33A and not the one with K. Where did u download actually?
Btw, U have to check ur bios ID before installing the correct ones. Follow the description in the page for steps to check the ID.
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