Well, so far I'm playing phone tag with Outlaw. The message they left me was to try a few more things so I obliged. Here is an update compiling all notes.
-Purchased mine March 6th, 2006.
-I was already running newest version of firmware when problem happened.
-Display never illuminates. Only blue light.
-Cycling the service switch does not help.
-System reset does not help.
-Re-downloading the latest firmware (that I was already running) and reinstalling it does not help. The loader software states success but when finalizing with a system reset, the display never shows system reset as it should and unit still won't power on.
-Starting via any input causes it to not power up.

I'll post an update once I hear back from Outlaw.