Toshiba L305 stops at BIOS splashscreen

Hello all,
My L305 won't boot past the BIOS splash screen. Pressing F2 or F12 does nothing.
All lights appear to be functioning normally. The HDD light turns on for a second then is always off. It appears there is no disc activity.
What I have tried:
-Boot from CD: The Cd spins and sounds like it is reading it but nothing happens.
-Reseated RAM and HDD (one at a time so I would know if one or the other fixed the issue.)
-Replaced RAM and HDD with known good components (same results as above.)
The CPU fan is kicking and airflow is good.
Is there anyway to update the BIOS from this state of booting or does it seem more like a MOBO issue?
thanks,
John
Solved!
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Here's the file. When you run the exe file watch closely, it should offer you a choice to do the automatic Windows update, or to create a bootable CD. But, I think there is a timer, so that if you don't respond quickly enough, it tryies the automatic Windows update.
If you can get the your machine to boot off the CD, it may work. If it works, after the update, the program will want to shutdown or reboot. Regardless, on the restart try to press 'F2' again as soon as you see the Toshiba logo to enter BIOS Setup, in the setup press 'F9' to load BIOS setup defaults, then press 'F10' to save and exit. Then try to boot into Windows again.
ACPI Flash BIOS version 1.80 for Satellite/SatPro L305D/L355D
Good luck.
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