On Thursday, December 6, 2012 10:01:21 AM UTC-5, William Sommerwerck wrote:
Given that you shorted the caps and it started working again, it might have

been that the ICs were locked up. (I've seen this in other products.)



You might try shotgunning the solder joints, resoldering every last one.

Ahh, good to hear someone has actually seen something like that before. Also, I just finished re-heating all the solder joints and am going to put it back together and keep fingers crossed.

Thanks!