Success!! It was my flash chip! As I mentioned previously, I swapped out the DSP chip and my symptoms stayed exactly the same. So, I replaced the flash IC and I have a perfectly working Denon 982 again! I'm am so grateful for everyone who contributed to this thread and provided the information. A special thanks goes out to azchris! I ordered the required flash chip from Digikey and azchris agreed to program it for me.

To make the repair, I used mostly the same procedure as before. I made a heat resistance surgical drape from kapton tape and foil. I used my heat gun...

I found this thread and it describes my symptoms exactly. I located the DSP chips on e-bay and just got done replacing it. I put a "surgical drape" of aluminum foil and capton tape around the DSP and used my hot air gun to remove the old chip from the board. I thought about cutting the legs one at a time then cleaning up the mess with my soldering iron, but am happy that I tried the hot air first. It came off quickly with no issues. I did remove the tall electrolytic caps from the area first to get rid of obstacles.

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Hi All,

I wound up here after a google search for information on repairing my old Denon 982/2802. I think I found the solution, but have joined to hopefully allow some dialogue as I perform the repair and to share my experience.

As for a little about me, I have way too many hobbies including (in order of priority):
1. High Powered Rocketry
2. Electronics tinkering (PIC programming, repair, mods to electronics of my other hobbies)
3. Video Game Consoles / Arcade Games / Pinball
4. Photography
5. R/C Everything

I'm in S.E....