Lenovo T530 T400 / T500 :: Boot Failure After Thinkpad BIOS Update 2.59.1.12?

Mar 26, 2014

After the latest system update from Lenovo System update, my laptop T530 doesn't do a successful cold boot. A warm successive boot (with interruptible boot screen) works fine.
 
But cold boot always fails and the system powers down in less than 5s. This is seen after the BIOS updated to 2.59.1.12. restore to older version of BIOS(downgrade it)?

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Apr 8, 2014

I think my attempt to update BIOS with a "BIOS update bootable CD" method has failed!
 
My laptop: Lenovo Thinkpad T420, i5 @ 2.5GHz, 4 GB RAM.
My old BIOS infos (taken from Setup before update attempt):
UEFI BIOS Version       83ET52WW (1.22)
UEFI BIOS Date (Year-Month-Day)         2011-03-24
Embedded Controller Version     83HT27WW (1.11)

I intended to update my BIOS to version 1.46 using "BIOS Update Bootable CD"  from this link: [URL] .....

Steps:
1) I downloaded this ISO image: [URL] .... and burned it on a DVD-RW(DVD rewritable) medium.
2) I placed the DVD in my T420 and turned it off, then turned it on, select F12 (boot menu), selected DVD to boot from, and the BIOS update utility started.
3) In BIOS update utility I pressed "1" to read the instructions, then press "2" to update BIOS. I clicked "Y" to confirm and the update operation started.  First it said " Now updating... ", then afer about 2 minutes, it said "Still updating ..." and it stuck like this.
 
So, right now, this message stays on my screen for about 1,5 hours(!!!):

"Still updating...
It may take about a few minutes.
<<< CAUTION >>>
Do not turn off the computer during the update.
Do not remove the CD during the update."
 
Other details (on system setup and current behaviour): AC was continously plugged in before&during BIOS update, battery is OK,  no hard disk activity at all, keyboard is(seems) unresponsive, system's temperature is pretty high, but not dangerously high...

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Whenever I open the web conferencing menu, it only shows options for the microphone, and nothing for the camera. I have tried hitting Fn+F6 and accessing it via other software e.g. Skype, Oovoo, Picasa. And they say that my webcam cannot be detected.

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Swapped out power supply and battery - no luck
 
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Is there something else I can try or is this a "Call IBM/Get this guy a loaner"?
 
* laptop appears to be staticy, I have gotten a couple of "snaps" off it, and that doesn't regularly happen

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Here is the ebay listing of the T530 I have bought: [URL] .....

and here are the parts I am thinking of buying... do I need to buy a new T530 bezel as well? [URL] .....

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