Fathom LED Controller Not Responding - Need Advice

[redfishbluefish]

I’m in trouble. I have Fathom LED Hydra lights that are controlled by a single controller….wirelessly.

We had a power outage and now the controller is frozen. It lights up and with date/ time “zero’ed”, which is typical with a power outage, but now I can’t do anything. The buttons I’m supposed to push do nothing I need an electronics expert to advise if this is fixable.

These lights are no longer made and the company is out of business, so that’s why I’m posting here with hopefully a simple fix. I’m also going to post in WTB, but what are the chances someone has an older out of date controller sitting around.

 

[redfishbluefish]

What I originally tried was plugging and unplugging multiple times.....nothing; also left unplugged for a couple hours....nothing; and that's when I posted the above.

I now took the controller apart. Not because I knew what I'm doing, but for just the opposite reason, because I have no idea what I'm doing.....an electronic idiot! Anyway, here's the the inside looks like:

Nothing jumping out as toasted or fried.

Now I put it back together and plugged it in.........and......it now works. Go figure? I wish I knew what caused this and what I did to make it work again.