Tablet fails boot, red light, then blinking green....GRRR!!

Just as my tablet recieved the OS update, it no longer booted.
It was fully charged, and plugged into a standard micro USB at the time.
It said download was successful, restart now... so I did.
And I never could use it again.
When I tried to boot it, it had a red light, then the red light blinked a few times, then nothing.
And then, it blinked green six times. then nothing.
I tried a USB to my computer to use Blackberry Manager (latest version).
I tried of course, the various holding down the power button schemes, including the old one of holding down ALL the keys, and the new one with just the power and forward keys. Nothing.
I went on EBAY to get an OEM charger stand. I hope that works, but I don't have much hope for that.
And now, nothing. My blackberry is a brick after the update.
I came to like blackberry because of the reliability of the phone. While all of my iphone friends were crazy about tech support of apple, I replied, I don't need tech support with my blackberry (curve) nothing ever goes wrong.
But this whole situation, is getting me down.
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Connect it to the OEM wall outlet charger.
Press and hold down the power key ONLY for 20 seconds.
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