N96 dead after failed update

I got a text/pc suite reminder that new fw was available for the phone. I tried updating using NSU, but it crashed while the screen was showing 15 min remaining. After removing power/battery & reapplying phone doesn't appear to turn on, and "try again" in NSU doesn't find anything.... In device manager I do see 2 devices pop-up when I insert the USB cable that come/go every 20s or so:
Nokia USB Flashing Generic
Nokia USB Flashing Parent
I tried restarting NSU but it just reports "searching for a connected phone"
I did try the 3 finger hard reset, but it didn't do anything.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
N

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