Mooing update killed my mac!?!?!??!?!!??!??!?!?!?!?!?!

Hi all!
I am "%"+/ annoyed right now...just got my macbook 2.0 Ghz back from service (discoloration fix and a new motherboard) and its already died on me. I suspect it may have something to do with the new motherboard, because I noticed that annyoing mooing noise I'd read about but luckily never encountered. I did a quick search and installed this:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbooksmcfirmwareupdate.html
Now the computer won't start up. Gives the TaDa sound and the screen stays grey, no apple, nothing. I've tried starting up with the osx dvd in it, but nothing. Please help before I go crazy and give it to my dog to play with.

If you really have given up hope of restoring any data on the drive the best thing to do is completely erase the drive and start the install again.
To ensure you have erased completely boot from the install CD, then using the menu options (at the top of the screen) run Disk Utility, click on the Erase tab, then on Security options. Zero all data.
Now try the install again, if you can from a Tiger install disk rather than a grey disk.
Hope this helps

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