could use some help….no power

If you listen closely, do you hear a faint hum, or feel a faint vibration, or if you shine a light into the eyepiece, do you see the mirrors move? If you don’t even see that, I’d say you’re likely not getting power to the system at all (bad AC adapter, bad connection at the tap, broken wire in the controller). I’d check the output of the AC adapter w/ a multimeter first, it should be ~10V DC IIRC.

If the mirrors are moving, then you’re getting power, so try pressing start a bunch of times and turn the volume up to make sure it’s not playing “blind” (as in the displays are dead, but the rest of the game is working). If the game is playing, but no display, then it’s possible that both of your displays are dead (the common cable problem). If nothing happens, I’d try a couple different games, and make sure you didn’t leave the cap on one of the games, which gets jammed in the slot (make sure the game goes all the way into the system).

DogP