Satellite A350 doesn't start - BIOS failure or mainboard crash?

Hello, at first, sorry for my english:).
I have Toshiba Satellite A350-13A model and really big trouble with it: when I switch it on by the power button, power lamp is starting to shine, I can hear voice of fan for a secound - then it stops and i notice that HDD is starting to work - I can hear it and see by flashing lamp next to battery lamp, CD drive is working too, but nothing else happens. There's nothing on monitor. It looks like bios isn't starting. Let me explain what have I been doing when it all started. My computer has been working correctly but there have been a little mess on my HDD so I recovered system from recovery CDs, which I've made after buying computer. Everything was ok, system works correctly, so I started to install my software. I didn't uninstall this factory-installed program for system optimizing which is (I can't remember it's name now, but I mean this program which shows you updating for your drivers - I remember that there were updates for face recognition, video etc.) I installed all of updates that this program shows, including BIOS update. When I was done with installing these updates, I noticed that my keyboard is not working - with any button.
By the time, windows ended to doing it's update, so I switched "Turn on system again" from the windows start menu by the mouse. Then system closed itself, I saw that windows is updating itself like it always do after downloading updates, but when it all came to the end and computer should turn off and on again, I saw white screen. Computer did not restart despite I was waiting for few minutes. I switched computer off by holding power button and turned it on again. Then it didn't stand up and it's like that for now. What could happen? Is that caused by update of BIOS that I made? Or is that possible that motherboard is crashed? I think that this is connected with bios, in fact with it's absence :) But when I switch on comupter, keyboard is still not working - i can see it, because green light should appear on CAPS LOCK button when i hit it if there's a power on, even if bios isn't working. Am I right? Is there any possible to get BIOS back to fabric configuration? I'm quite confused because i have it for only two months - it's like new. I'm excluding malfunction of monitor.
I hope anybody of you had a problem like this and there is possible solution for it. My computer is still on warranty.

Hi, thanks for your answers. I've tried metod from you, benvanderjagt, to start system in the Crisis Recovery Mode and I think that it already works for my, that's a good sign. When I'm getting my battery and power cable off, clicking and holding Fn+B nad switching on power cable, there's a short lighting from power lamp. Then when I'm turning computer on, I can hear that fan is working constantly - antagonise to previous situation, when I was turning it on and just hearing short signal that fan, HDD and CDROM are working - all of theese were working for few seconds and stopping. I think that's a signal that this is really bios, not motherboard problem.
I also think that using your method, benvanderjagt, should repear my bios but i'll rather try going to the service to be sure that my guarantee will be still working after this tragical moment :)
Nearest toshiba's service which I've called to today looks quite adverse - they didn't even ask me what's wrong with my laptop and there was no chance to say that, in 30 seconds talk I just got information how to send my laptop to them by DHL courier, I've not even been informed which parts do they want - I'll go there by myself with all package.

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