Regarding initial voltages, I'm pretty sure that they were in spec. It's been 2 years since I've built this so I'm not 100% sure.
I'm not sure about the board, here's an image of the underside of the crack.
(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FujXpvTZ.jpg&hash=4104a48eb49835f9c214f3526fff0d19e1b7b5e5)