Yeah, that was my next step. I have a logic probe, back out in Colorado, which means I gotta pick up another.
I just hope that, at worst, the chip is dead for whatever reason, and NOT the display.
What I'm scared about is when the display gets power, I don't see any of the 'heater wires' (I forgot what they're really called) that seem visible on the Empeg's screen in darkness...

Me.