Do-It-Yourself Story

Fixing the problem (replacing the control board) was cinch-- took about 5 minutes. The tedious part, for this greenhorn-dryer-technician was researching what and how to troubleshoot. Tested everything I read about: door switch, thermal fuse, thermistor, motor, drive belt, control panel, etc. Removing and replacing all the parts (particularly drum and door panel) by myself required a bit of effort. After I determined that nothing else was wrong, I went ahead and bought the replacement control board, even though I could not see any visible damage. Nothing was particularly difficult, just a bit time consuming for a first time effort.