[I’m still not getting any power to the device] -- Have you tried taking the AC-power cord and then inserting it into a working wall-outlet? That should be your first step!!! (HEY!!! I'm kidding!!!).....
Thanks so much for all of those great suggestions. I’m guessing you did not see my most recent comment.
I don’t think that my diagnostic skills have reached any sort of point where I could accomplish all of what you have described in less than a year. The extent of my abilities so far has been building passive direct boxes and passive transformer color boxes & a few fun things from kits.
What my DIY journey has not really covered yet is diagnosis and troubleshooting.
As much as this could be a great experience in that area, I would certainly learn more from someone who actually knew what they were doing, which is the exact opposite of who I am.
I can predict a standard type of outcome if I do this myself. I will invariably damage something while I am removing chips or something smaller. That will immediately make everything worse, but I will not know how much worse until much later. Although your approach does seem like the most rational & sensible, another consideration is that my experience with my voltmeter is crude and 90% of the time I realize that I have it set incorrectly. We’re not really on speaking terms yet.
Unfortunately, I also truly don’t have the time for this particular device as a “priority project” & I don’t wish for it to spend another 15 years in storage or worse.
In my previous recent comment, I had mentioned that I would be looking for someone to help complete this diagnosis and asked if I should be posting that request as a separate thread elsewhere.
Is that what I should do?