Anminer s3 bricked after firmware upgrade.....

a firmware upgrade was performed on my s3 and now it seems to be bricked.  no way to login to it in current state.  not really sure what protocol seems to be at this point  i have contacted Bitmain several times (on bitcointalk, the bitmain site, and via RMA email) about this issue with no response.  

aside from using it as a paperweight, anyone have suggestions on how to fix or get it going once again...is this s3 bricked state even fixable ?  

thanks in advance for all input and help.