T61 doesn't turn on after BIOS upgrade! PLEASE HELP!

Hi all,
I just reinstalled XP on my 4 months old T61 and installed Lenovo's System Update thing. There was an BIOS update option there, so I selected it. It downloaded it and then done the upgrade - there were no errors, everything was smooth. All was fine. At least it looked that way. I rebooted it. It hanged on the boot screen (at POST). So I tried to reboot it or turn it off - there was no way to do it - the keyboard was not responding, tried pressing the power button for like a minute, but nothing. It was frozen on the bootscreen logo. So I removed the power plug and then the battery to cut the power and turn it off.
I inserted the battery and the power plug back... and... IT DOESN'T TURN ON ANYMORE. Not only it will not respond to me clicking the power button, but also the light on the backside of the lid doesn't light up when I plug in the power supply. What the hell happened? What should I do?
I tried removing the RAM and replacing it, cause I had a spare stick, but, as I thought it didn't do anything.
Is it possible that the power circuit inside T61 was somehow damaged when I removed the battery when the computer was running?
Some more info:
The battery was fully charged when flashing, I was on the AC and the BIOS version was selected automatically via Lenovo System Update.
I know how to flash BIOSes, I did it like a hundred times in my life already, even hex-hacked one on a very old PC. Never had any problems.
This is the BIOS I upgraded to:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-67988
My T61's model is: 6465-CTO
OMG I'm so desperate right now.
Please HELP! I don't know what should I do!
And to top it off, I don't know if my warranty is going to be any good in Poland (see thread: http://forum.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=Special_Interest_General&thread.id=88 )
Best regards,
NIXin

It is disturbing - Yes.
However, I have lost count of the number of BIOS or ECC updates I have made with System Update and have never ever had something go wrong. Obviously those that experience a problem are going to look for help and post in forums, it would be interesting to know how many have never had a problem?? They have no reason to post.
You wrote; "bricks their Txx about once a week", how many ThinkPads are sold per week? It is guaranteed to be an absolute nightmare for the owner, quite understandably, but if I was paranoid I wouldn't drive my car to work - I might have an accident.
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