Problem installing firmware update...

My MacBook Pro no longer boots. Here's what happened...
I downloaded and installed the new EFI firmware update. I shut down my MacBook and then held down the power button to begin the update process. Nothing happened. Nothing displayed on the screen. So I pressed down the power button to power up, and the sleep light became lit. Suddenly, my MacBook began to make non-stop whirring sounds from the DVD drive, as if trying to load a disc. Nothing displayed on the screen, and OS X did not load. No beep could be heard, either. I could not get it out of this state. All I could do was to power off or to power on and hear the non-stop whirring sounds.
I did some research on the support site and decided that the firmware update must have failed, so I created a firmware restoration CD and loaded it after powering up. It stopped the sounds from the device, but nothing else happened. Still, my Macbook failed to boot. Also, strangely, the light on my power adapter stayed amber, not green, as if the battery was not charging.
So I called Apple technical support, and was asked to remove my adapter and battery, and to hold the power button down for five seconds (I believe this is related to resetting the power management?). Well, that did not help at all. I was then advised to take it to a repair centre.
Does anyone have any other recommendations?

Well, they ended up replacing my logic board. Fortunately Apple shipped it quickly.
First thing I got when I booted up was a prompt to install a newer version of the EFI firmware, 1.5.1. Fortunately, this time it went without a hitch.
One side effect of the logic board replacement is a new MAC address. I've had some trouble enabling my Airport connection (I kept getting a self-assigned IP address and had to wipe my firewall list), and it looks like my Time Capsule backup is no longer accessible (probably because of the MAC address change?), but otherwise I'm up again...

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Equipamento:
Modelo:          MacBook Pro
Identificador de modelo:          MacBookPro5,1
Nome do processador:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Velocidade do processador:          2,4 GHz
Número de processadores:          1
Número total de núcleos:          2
Cache L2:          3 MB
Memória:          4 GB
Velocidade do BUS:          1,07 GHz
Versão da ROM de arranque:          MBP51.007E.B05
Versão de SMC (sistema):          1.33f8
Número de série (sistema):          W885143Q1G0
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Sensor de movimento:
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