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Please try the plain VINEGAR in the bottom of your dishwasher. It cleans out the pipes. When you start the machine it automatically starts to drain whatever water has been left from previous cycle. When this cannot happen, due to blocked outlet pipe, it will not precede with the wash cycle. Adding the vinegar, leaving it a few hours, or overnight (hey, I left it for a week one of those times!), it is enough to liquify any heavy fats in that pipe...enough to start the cycle and the normal draining gets reinstated.Hope this helps you, it is such a pain to go & choose another dishwasher to fit into the space allowed & that has all the functions you need. This 'fix' cures all my dishwasher blues! Havagreatday!
If so, the black hose is some part of the upgraded siphon. You can not order the old type hose anymore that I know of. So the only solution I know of is to replace your guide assembly which will have a tube on the top for that hose to plug into. There may be a way to 'rig' it to work without the updated guide assembly, but personally I am not taking any chances.
You should pull the unit out of the cavity and check the inlet to the drain pump. Sometimes a label or something will get sucked into the inlet and block it. If you don't find a blockage then either your drain pump is bad or the water level sensor is bad.
For water supply, use a braided stainless steel flexible dishwasher supply hose with 3/8 compression ends on each side and a 3/8 male NPT x 3/8 compression elbow adapter. There is a tee with 3/8 female compression x 3/8 male compression x 3/8 male compression which can be used between the hot water shut off valve and the supply tube to the kitchen sink faucet to get your hot water with no significant plumbing work. Make sure the drain hose does not run straignt down back to the dishwasher. (put a loop up to make sure no dirty water tries to go back to the dishwasher.) If installing drain to a disposer drain port, make sure the knock out plug has been removed. It's also easiest if the floor under the dishwasher is at the same hight as the rest of the floor in the kitchen. Make sure wire nut connections are tight for electrical.
Check that the drain hose end (connected to a garbage disposal?) is not plugged or connected to a slow/plugged drain.
Then run an empty load and start up the dishwasher and wait until the water has finished flowing in. Then open the door and add one cup of vinegar. Allow that cycle to drain and repeat one more time, adding the vinegar _after_ the rinse water has finished being added.
If problems return, use a phillips screwdriver to remove the approximately 9 screws that hold the lower strainer assembly. You will first need to remove the lower spray arm. Inspect with a flashlight looking for any debris in that sump area.
With nothing displaying and only the humming sound, it appears that the main controller card (PCB) has most likely failed.
If it were my dishwasher, I would add a pitcher of water (more than two big glasses full), close the door and start a cycle and listen at the drain. The first thing a dishwasher does is run the pump to empty any standing water before it fills up. If you hear that water drain, (and can see that is has drained from inside the dishwasher) it is not as broken as I think it is.
BUT, this dishwasher should be displaying something from the moment you press the power button.
Please post back with what you find and decide you do. OK?
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