Do-It-Yourself Story

A relay in my refrigerator would periodically click off, causing the compressor motor to stop and the LEDs on the front panel to turn off. This became more frequent until it finally "blanked out" permanently. No cooling, no lights on the front panel, no water or ice, only the inside lights worked. Isolating the problem to the control board was easy, and replacing the control board was very easy thanks to the videos and previous customer reports available here. After installing the board, I the LEDs on the front panel showed "PE0 000" and I couldn't get the refrigerator to cool. After some research online, I found a video that showed how to program the control board to match my specific refrigerator model. The steps are summarized below: 1. To enter programming mode, press and hold 'temp alarm'. 2. While holding 'temp alarm', press and hold 'freezer temp down' (about 3 sec). 3. Release 'temp alarm'. 4. Release 'freezer temp down' after about 3 sec. 5. Press 'freezer temp down' again and hold for about 3 sec, then release. 6. You should now be able to enter the refrigerator code. The code is on the placard inside the refrigerator by the model number. My code was 1720, yours may or may not be the same. 7. Enter the code using 'freezer temp up' and 'refrigerator temp up' buttons. 'freezer temp up' selects the digit, and 'refrigerator temp up' changes the value of the digit. The decimal point moves to let you know which digit you are changing. 8. After entering your code, press and hold 'freezer temp down' for about 3 sec. 9. Press any button again, and the refrigerator should be in the normal operating mode.