I did some VCC continuity checking on all IC chips and I noticed that one of the DS1000k-25 delay chips has a no continuity to other VCC sources. Looks like a high resistance, almost an open, which gives around 1.8V instead 5V (4.85V in this case). In the datasheets it states that VCC s/b between 4.75-5.25V.
Troubleshooting will continue next day....