Notebook won't start after BIOS upgrade

Notebook: HP Pavilion dv6-7003
OS: Windows 7 32-bit
An HP update thing just came up telling me to update, so I did, after they were all downloaded/installed I restarted and then it went to a special BIOS screen telling me what to do (not to turn off power, etc. even after screen goes black). So I just left it, and next time I looked (like half an hour later) the screen was still black with just the caps lock key flashing. No matter how many times I try to restart still nothing happens.
I tried to do the thing that told me to hold down the windows key + B and then the power key but that didn't work.
Help please? =[

Hello jcjcjc,
Please take a look at this document, which contains troubleshooting steps to restoring your BIOS. Please let me know if this helps resolve your issue.
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Last edited by jayasinghe (2014-09-30 08:43:43)

jayasinghe wrote:
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