Who knew that the newer refrigerators have motherboards?
Last summer, our fridge started making this weird revving noise about every 2 hours. We did not think much of it and just ignored it. Around Thanksgiving, the ice maker stopped dispensing ice. It still made ice, but nothing would come out when you pushed the lever. Fast forward to April…we had a storm come through on Friday evening and the power went out. When it came back on, the fridge no longer worked…AT ALL.
After doing some research, I found that refrigerators have motherboards in them. And there just so happened to be a recall for ours. The bad news was that we were over the 5 year mark and the recall was no longer valid. It was going to cost $100 to have a repairman come out and look at the fridge, or there was a motherboard on Amazon for around $100. With $100 gone either way…we took our chances.
It was just like replacing the motherboard of a computer (which I am VERY familiar with since I have built my computer from scratch the last several years). Voila! A working fridge AND the ice dispenser worked again! Who knew???
