Ok this sounds like your mainboard is about to go out, its causing intermittment cooling issues, board runs about $150-200.As long as you dont have any frost buidup in the back of the freezer, if not definitely the board. If you need any further assistance let me know.
Sean
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I just checked. In the back of the freezer, there are some icicles on the wall, probably from refrozen water from the melted ice, also saw some frost, funny only on the left side of the wall. I put my hand to back, the fan was on, feels like more cold air coming out from the left vents than the right. What could it be? Thanks for the help.
This still sounds like a board to me, if you want to be 100% sure you can take that back panel off in the freezer that has the frost and see how much frost is on the coils if its a ton of frost its not the board its a sensor, if there i just a thin layer of frost ,its the board. One or the other on this model.
Thanks Sean. There is a plastic cover which covers that lower half of the freezer back wall. Do you mean that cover, or the whole back panel in the freezer which is screwed on?
I mean the entire cover, but if you pull that plastic one off and there is little vent holes behind it, if you see frost comign out of those like pertruding out the its definitely a defrost problem, if you dont see it there you will have ot remove whole panel to double check, to see how much frost is in there. I dont remember a plastic cover being on this model, does that cover curve down towards the freezer floor?
the cover does curve down and forward toward the freezer floor.
If I do need to replace the mother board, where can I purchase one?
You can call GE and get it direct, or their are several appliance parts places online, just search appliance parts on google, most run about the same price, with this model have that plastic piece i strongly recommend checking on that frost, if it is frosted you have a bad sensor or heater, both are much cheaper than the board and they are locating behind that panel. www.repairclinic.com is a fairly common place to buy parts, I work for GE so i'm not up on all the 3rd party parts dealers.
Now a novice question again. How to know whether it's the sensor or heater? Just replace them both?
I'm sorry i'm leading the the wrong way on this i forgot you told me it was refreezing, it wont do that with a defrost problem, you just need to buy a board! i'm sorry, yes just give them the model they will get the correct board for you, its located behind the refrigerator behind a small metal panel.
Yes, the water from melted ice does refreeze in the freezer, all over the place. I will replace the motherboard as you suggested.
How do I thank you for your advice?
Well i've been trying to get my rating up on here and you already voted which is good, if you want to put a testamonial that would be great!
just to confirm, the motherboard is also called control board, right? Thanks.
Well the icemaker is on a completely different circuit this will have no affect on temps, purely coincidence if your board is bad you will see problems again, especially when it gets really warm out. I'm sure your having board problems at this point if your freezer is reaching 0 at any point that rules out sealed system and defrost both, and board is very common. You could wait if you like to buy it when it completely goes but sooner or later it will need changed.
I have the same fridge with the same problem. The fridge is 5 years old. I removed the freezer panel and found the thermistor just dangling there. I reattached it to one of the fat copper tubes that looked like it had a mark where the thermistor clip once was attached. The freezer is now freezing on the top shelf again but I haven't tried the ice maker yet.
Was this the correct tube to connect the thermistor too or should it go on one of the aluminum tubes of the coil itself?
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HI how old is this unit?
the unit is 6 years old.
One more question, if I could. If I turn the ice maker off, the refrigerator seems work fine. Of cause since no ice cube, so no ice meting, no water refreezing forming icicles on shelves, also no food thawing on the top self of the freezer. The freezer temprature does fluxtuate slowerly between -3 or +2 C, the frige between +34 and +38, don't know this is because of normal variation, or openning and closing doors. Does this still sound like a bad main/control board? Thanks.
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