Dead iMac 233 following firmware update

I inherited a Bondi a few days ago that was in good shape; it appeared hardly used. I intended to clean it up for my three-yeard old as kind of a Christmas present (trust me, she'd love it). Anyhow, it booted fine (OS 8.5) but prompted me to update the firmware. No big deal, since I planned on loading OS 9 on it anyhow.
So I follow the instructions, watch the progress bar, and restart. Now I've got nothing but a glowing orange power button and the calming sound of the fan humming.
I've pulled the battery, counted to ten, held down the CUDA . . . you name it, I get the same results. I've been combing forums and any advice that doesn't include the words "door stop" or "boat anchor" would be really appreciated.
-jp

Are you sure you don't mean P & R (as in "zapping the P-RAM)? Either way, I'll give it a whirl and let you know. As for holding in the Reset button till I hear a second chime . . . umm, I don't even hear an initial chime.
When I push the power button on the iMac, it turns orange/amber and I hear the fan kick on. That's it. No chime. No BONG. No hard drive spin.
Also, when I updated the firmware, I followed the on-screen instrutions and navigated to the Extras folder on the HD. Once there, I found and selected the file that the instructions told me to. I watched the progress bar "complete the update," afterwhich the Mac was supposed to shutdown and restart itself. Well, it shutdown all right, but upon restarting the power button turned orange and that's it. baffling! It seems I killed a perfectly good iMac by updating its firmware.
-joe
-joe

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