Bios update from 1.60 to 1.70 on Satellite Pro A300

Satellite Pro A300 got new infromation from Toshiba Tempro that there are new
bios available. I was downloaded and upgrading bios from 1.60 to 1.70. The problem are
that machine going totally JAM middle of bios upgrade. InsydeFlash show that bios upgrade
are going "Erasing and writing" but nothing happened. Machine is totally JAM!
What I can do now? I have power on machine and not yet rebooted from power key because
I fraid that bios update is not ready yet.
PLEASE HELP ASAP!

Hello
Please contact nearest authorized service provider and ask for help.
If BIOS update is not done well the BIOS chip can be damaged and notebook will be death.
Contact them and explain the situation. They will help you.
By the way: what do you mean with JAM? Is notebook going OFF in the middle of BIOS update?
Have you switched it OFF?
What was happening exactly?

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/ssstsg
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