I’ll spare you the background as there’s ample horror stories of Samsung appliances (especially refrigerators). I would never have bought this one, but it came with the house. To its credit, it’s been working flawlessly the last 5 years, but I knew it was only a matter of time before its Samsung-iness reared its ugly head.
I’m not sure which control board is glitching out, but the symptoms are all in the front panel where the ice/water dispenser is. The fridge still cools, but the front panel is haunted on a good day (cycles through the settings by itself, but you can still use it if you fight it) and just doesn’t work at all on other days. So I guess the fridge still works as long as I don’t wanna do anything crazy like adjust the temperature, select between water and ice, or turn the ice maker on/off. Hurrah?
Ordered a replacement front panel board from ebay and hoping that’s the board that’s at fault. If it’s the “main” control board, I’m probably going to get rid of the fridge.
The one I bought ~8 years ago for my old house is what I’d love to find new. Everything’s mechanical on it (temp, ice/water/crushed ice selections, lighting, etc) and it “just works”.
Wish I’d have brought it with me when I moved, but the one that came with this house was only 2 years old, so figured what the hell.
On the bright side, the replacement board came in today and seems to have fixed the issues. So, at least I’m only out $80 for that.
I wonder if nuclear missile launch consoles are run with cloud-based touchscreens? 🤔🧐🤷♂️
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