Satellite L850 with broken BIOS update

Hello! I'm posting here because I'm desperate. I have a Satelitte L850-1PD (EU model - please don't say me I can't write here beacuse is an EU model, I'm sure that I'll get better support here than EU support forums). I recently update laptop BIOS to v6.80 (InsydeH2O UEFI) but after the restart process the laptot didn't boot. It only powers on and it doesn't show anything on the screen and it immediatly shuts down if I press power button again (here a video of what it does). I was Googling days looking for a solution and I've read of a recovery procedure that uses a USB stick to reflash the FD BIOS file, but I don't know the keys to start it and how the FD file has to be renamed.
Thank you in advnace for everyone who'll help me

Up :'(

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