I've got a suddenly dead Yamaha RX-V371. A few weeks ago, there was a considerable delay in switching between HDMI sources (black TV screen, sometimes a "no signal error." Then it just shut down.

Now, there's no power, hitting the on-off button does nothing. I get one click when I hold the on-off and reset buttons, but no power nor flicker from the LED's.

The Fuse is OK. Power out from the Operation PCB seems ok. I tested transformer and that seems to be ok (no Thermal Fuse issue).

The power problem with these models seems to be common, but...

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Hi, y'all.

I've been messing around with electronics as a hobby for over 40 years (now I feel old!). I ran across this site while researching an A/V receiver problem. I'm the type of person who likes to fix things first before replacing them (call me cheap or anal retentive) and I hope this site can help an area that I am not strong in - board level stuff.

I'm a retired computer sales guy who has sold practically every major computer manufacturer from A to Z (Apple, HP, IBM, Sun - but well, no Dell...