Good Afternoon,
My fridge has been out of commission for a couple days now and I've been trying to diagnose the issue. Symptoms started with the fridge not cooling at all. Lights were still on and condenser fan (I believe... the fan next to the compressor) was still working. The compressor was definitely not working as no vibration was coming from it and it was cool to the touch. I visually and physically (unplugged/plugged back in) the start relay and overload and nothing appears to be wrong but I do not have a multimeter at this time so I haven't been able to check resistance or anything like that. After searching around on these forums I read a lot about motherboard problems so I decided to take it off and have a look. Lo and behold the motherboard has a burnout on the back of it (though nothing appears to be wrong when looking at the front of it). I just wanted to make sure it was safe to assume that the motherboard is the problem (or more so that it is the ONLY apparent problem) before I go ahead and order the part. I read a couple other threads on here that mentioned it could be a fan motor shorting out the motherboard so I just wanted to see if there was anything else I should check or do to prevent buying a new board just to blow it out due to an underlying cause.
Here's pics of the front and back of the motherboard in case that helps shed some light on any other potential issues. Again, burn out is only visible from the back of the motherboard (and on the fridge itself, unless I'm missing something on the front of the board).
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Thanks for your time,
-Tyler
My fridge has been out of commission for a couple days now and I've been trying to diagnose the issue. Symptoms started with the fridge not cooling at all. Lights were still on and condenser fan (I believe... the fan next to the compressor) was still working. The compressor was definitely not working as no vibration was coming from it and it was cool to the touch. I visually and physically (unplugged/plugged back in) the start relay and overload and nothing appears to be wrong but I do not have a multimeter at this time so I haven't been able to check resistance or anything like that. After searching around on these forums I read a lot about motherboard problems so I decided to take it off and have a look. Lo and behold the motherboard has a burnout on the back of it (though nothing appears to be wrong when looking at the front of it). I just wanted to make sure it was safe to assume that the motherboard is the problem (or more so that it is the ONLY apparent problem) before I go ahead and order the part. I read a couple other threads on here that mentioned it could be a fan motor shorting out the motherboard so I just wanted to see if there was anything else I should check or do to prevent buying a new board just to blow it out due to an underlying cause.
Here's pics of the front and back of the motherboard in case that helps shed some light on any other potential issues. Again, burn out is only visible from the back of the motherboard (and on the fridge itself, unless I'm missing something on the front of the board).
DSC00857.jpgDSC00858.jpg
Thanks for your time,
-Tyler