Powerbook dead after 10.5.7 update.

I have a powerbook that has always worked great. Yesterday i did the 10.5.7 Leopard update from software update, not the standalone update package.
Today it wont boot, it sometimes gives a grey screen with the 'no parking' symbol. But most of the time it just boots without turning on the screen.
I've tried:
Reset NVRAM/PRAM (seems like the keyboard is not responding to my commands though)
Booting in Verbose, Single user, safe mode.
Force ejecting Leopard CD stuck in computer (tried booting from it without luck)
No commands seem to work, its like the keyboard is unresponsive, so i plugged in an external, still no luck. Holding down the mousekey or touchpad key doesnt eject the CD.
Any ideas? i cant even target disk this machine. And how does a software update manage to screw this up so bad, was there a firmware update in the 10.5.7 update?

So, i have now tried everything without result.
Stripping the computer down and swapping disk does nothing, it doesnt boot on external discs and the keyboard has stopped working after boot. Changed the RAM and manually reset by pulling the internal battery. Nothing makes any difference here it still just tries to boot once out of five attempts. I really think this is a bad firmware flash, and the 10.5.7 update does include 'Improves performance of video playback and cursor movements' and other things that sounds like firmware updates.
Is there any way to rescue a bad firmwareflash?

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