Bios Recovery on pavilion DV5-1111ea

I had a bad bios flash and now the laptop isn't booting anymore, just turning on and keyboard light flashing twice. i've tried a few methods but noting happened.
what is the correct way to restore the bios from a usb
any help would be appreciated
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managed to find the correct way to reflash my bios.
I downloaded the UEFI Support Environment, I used version 5. there might be a newer version now
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-114650-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en...
then downloaded the latest Bios version for my laptop, the .exe unzips to a SwSetup on the local drive. In that folder are 1 or more .FD files, these are the Bios files. There is also a file called platform.ini, in this file it has the names of what the laptop looks for. You'll find it under [Platform_Check] when you open the file with a text editor.
I ran the UEFI support environment and chose to install it on my 4GB usb, it was formatted to FAT32, default allocation size. The software should name it to HP_Tools and have a Hewlett-Packard folder inside it. I put the .FD file that I renamed to what was listed in the platform.ini file (3600 was the one that worked for this specfic laptop) in to the folders:
Hewlett-Packard\BIOS\current
and
Hewlett-Packard\BIOS\previous
Just to make sure I also made copies of those files in the same folder and changed their extensions to .bin and .rom. I also made copies of those 3 files to the root of the usb,just because got tired of copying and renaming files.
With this usb in my Laptop I held down the Windows key + B and powered it on (make sure the power cable is plugged in). It Beeped twice but you can stop holding the 2 buttons after the first beep.
After that the laptop should search the usb for the correct files and start reflashing the Bios, eventually the screen should show the progress and beep until it's finished and turn off. Once off you can turn it back on and if it was successful you will see a Bios screen, you might need to do a Cmos reset but the Bios would be restored.
I hope this helps anyone else who has the problem and not have to go though endless searching on the internet and many many failed attempts.

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