OK, so I sat down to jot down some notes on whats going on. With the logic probe, I checked for the clocking signal on IC1, pins 3,36,27 and IC5 7,13,15, all seems to be well, had the pulsing signal. Also the reset signal at pin 40 did what it should.
I then moved on to IC17. Following the pin repair guide, I checked IC17 and had pulsing signals everywhere I shoudl except for pins 1-4. According to the guide, i should check the continuity to check for broken traces. So IC 17 Pins 1-4 correspond to IC1 pins 16-12 respectively. Now here my inexperience is really going to show, my DMM doesn't not have the continuity I am used to (one that beeps when there is continuity), this one doesn't beep, it shows a value, when the two leads touch, the value goes from 1 down to zero. I'm sure this is all old news to everyone. Now for when I'm checking the pins. When I check from IC17 pin 1 to IC1 pin 16, I get a value of 1.340. the same goes for all the IC17 to IC1 pins. If I touch IC17 pin 1 to IC17 pin 2, I get a value of around 1.5. Then I tried IC17 pin 1 to IC1 pins 16-12, all read the same value of 1.340. I think i'm confused. Does this sound crazy?
Oh and the blanking signal at interconnector pin 37 did not start low then go high. It starts low, blips high for a milli-second, then stays low.