macbook pro EFI firmware Update 1.4 won't work, neither will software

I got two probs, not sure how related they are.

#1 is that I can't successfully do the macbook pro EFI firmware Update 1.4. My computer was bootcamped and kept restarting in windows - thus the update was not completed - the completion bar would pop up for an instant - i could not see if it had completed, i don't think so... and then it would flash back to black, and restart again. Upon restart the firmware update was still there as needing to be updated.

I've now taken bootcamp off and restored a single drive. It's doing the same thing and hasn't updated.

#2 is that DVD studio pro will not boot anymore after it has been working with no problems for over a year. Nor will Motion run although it has never worked. I have tried reinstalling multiple times and just today went to delete the preferences. No luck.

Any suggestions or better yet, solution, I'm ever so grateful.

Cheers
-k