A lot of computer technicians are other experienced computer users update their BIOS at some point usually because of a motherboard reporting temperatures wrong, not detecting certain hardware, not working with certain hardware or to allow the motherboard to accept larger hard drives. This article has steps you can perform to restore your BIOS and save your motherboard.
When you were performing the BIOS flash reprogramming you should have been shown the message below or similar:
“The BIOS is currently being updated. DO NOT REBOOT OR POWER DOWN until the update has completed (typically within three minutes)”