Do-It-Yourself Story

I replaced the main control board. Initially I thought the problem might be the touchpad / interface on the freezer door. Information on this site and others led me to the main control board at the bottom of the frig. I ordered both parts, and decided to replace the control board first.Turned out to be a good call. The control board came with an instruction sheet that really didn't have much information. New jumper cables were required to match the new board to the unit. Took a bit of staring to match up the connectors - which ends to the unit wiring harness, which ends to the board - but they did all match up. The unit worked properly - all functions and displays - when powered up. Lastly, the sheet says "fold the jumper cables into the box and reinstall". Fitting the cables and bulky connectors back into the box so it would fit back into its little compartment was the most challenging part of the job. Lots of cables and connector blocks into a little compartment with a circuit board full of protruding (and delicate) relays, capacitors, etc. After trying a few configurations I managed to squeeze everything in and get the box reinstalled. I opened up the rear of the unit to check that I had gotten the rear flange of the box into its correct channel because it was difficult if not impossible to see from the front without putting the refrigerator up on blocks. I guess I didn't damage anything because the unit worked. Success. Much money saved. Difficult but possible. Thank you Appliance Parts Pros.