I wouldn't worry about the resistor. It's normal for it to get warm since it's dissipating heat that's why they used a 5W part. Did you ever measure the 5V using the AC setting on your meter? What did you measure?
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A lot of people here fix those boards, including myself. Might be time to ship them off.
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