WVC54GCA appears dead - now what?

I have a WVC54GCA that has been providing me with good service for almost a year and a half. All of a sudden it stopped responding. I took it off the network, did a power-off reset, did a reset via the reset button, let it sit unconnected and without power for 24 hours, and... nothing. Not even the flashing blue light when I connect it to power. I checked the AC adaptor with a voltmeter and it is OK.
It's out of warranty so there is no hope there.
Any suggestions to revive this, or is it destined for the recycle bin?
Paul

I register just to thx the OP that I did what you did, replace the power supply and it works, I been using this cam since 2008, all is well, just 1 day it went down, who know it was the power.

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