Problem to pass through firmware update... help needed !

Hi there !
having trust in Apple has run software update on blind date basis, ie, just pressed the button to update everything what was proposed .
i did not have a look, what was proposed to update, unfortunately ...
apparently, some firmware update have been loaded and started by default... my lovely mac book pro restarted with grey screen and progress bar
which looks as usually available only while it's updating firmaware . It took one try, did not work out, tried once again and then just switched mac down.
i've tried to restart it once again, unfortunately it always the same story, ie two tries and then shot down.
i was trying to look on the net for some information , what sort of firmware update Apple proposed recently, and what kind of trouble i could run into,
but no information related to my case available.
can anybody help me, how can i fix the problem ?? any shortcuts, to stop this update and return back to onld firmware ??
i just can't boot my computer normally, cause its bump into this update once and once again and fails to go through it..
thank you in advance,
Vladimir

Vladimir Kutash wrote:
its Macbook Pro 17", 2,4GHz , 4GB RAM, 750GB HD, bought in 2008
what sort of firmware update Apple proposed recently
Software Update/Preferences/Installed Software - will show a list of everything you installed from SU.
return back to onld firmware ??
No
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1557

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