PC won't boot after BIOS flash

Hi
A few months back I flashed my BIOS to v2.5. Ever scince, the PC has not been as stable, so when upgrading my gfx card, and pc would crash all the time, I decided to revert back to v2.4.
When I re-flashed to v2.4, it flashed OK, but when I rebooted, the D-LED's showd 4 red's. According to the manual, this means that the CPU is either damaged or not installed properly.
The CPU works perfectly, as I tried it in a friends pc, but everytime I turn the power on I get 4 red LED's from the D-Bracket and the machine refuses to boot.
Does this mean the flash went bad? If so, is there anyway to revive a dead BIOS or do I now have a dead motherboard?
Thanks!

Thanks for the reply Maesus.
I tried the BIOS Recovery Feature, but it did not work. I will try to send it to a place that can recover corrupted BIOS's, otherwise if that does not work, I guess I need a new board then.

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