GE Microwave Keypad Shorted, keypad error, keypad doesn't work - Fix F3 Error
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2018
- How to fix a GE microwave, Keypad Shorted message. Quick fix. Doesn't need a new keypad or circuit board. How to reconnect GE microwave keypad to circuit board, F3 Error
Model Number JNM1541SN1SS - Спорт
I'm a 67 year old woman. My neighbor had this code on her microwave (it was a different GE model). It took us less than 2 minutes to do what Paul said. It is fixed! Thanks for posting this Paul.
bob melcher awesome!!! Lady power!! Im abt to take mine apart and hopefully fix it!! I love fixing!! However, i ended up buying a brandnew / used/ not used, micro for $40! Maybe i wont need it and can sell it!! Lol wish me luck!🙏🏽👌🏼🌈
Thanks - I needed this encouragement!
Thank you, brother. I see this video is six years old now, but it just saved me a world of heartache.
Thanks for taking your time to teach us, Paul! I'm going to try this when my son gets home from school--I'll help him learn a little skill and self-sufficiency along with me. Thanks for a couple of laughs, too, when you almost dropped the keypad and belatedly reminded us to unplug the unit. Nice hands. You're awesome. :)
And thanks to the others who left some additional tips in the comments. Great way to start the day!
Holy crap, super easy 5 minute fix.
Saved us from having to buy a new one.
Thank you! GE microwave "Keypad Shorted" message. It seemed secure when I took it out but after reseating works like new. Saved me a chunk of change and a big hassle!
I’m a 64 year old woman who knows what a Phillips screwdriver is but that’s about the extent of my handywoman capabilities. I watched this video once, went to my handy toolkit and got a screwdriver, and was able to make the repair without looking at the video again. And my microwave is back to working. I would give you a hug if I could. Thank you so much for the video, which has apparently helped a lot of people.
Thanks for your clear instructions. You saved me a ton of trouble. I was able to fix this today in only about 45 minutes - and that includes 30 minutes of cleaning all the grease off the grill. The plastic can be very fragile! All the heat/cool cycles makes the plastic really easy to break.
Many thanks. Fantastic fix that was relatively simple to do and worked like a dream. Microwave has been working 2 months now after using your help. Saved me a fortune to repair or replace. Can't thank you enough for sharing this. Appreciate it so much 👍
Tried this and it worked!!!! 5 years later and it’s still teaching. Thank you so much for the video!!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to show us how to fix this problem. I was able to fix my mom's microwave in minutes and saved her hundreds of dollars. She was about to buy a whole new one. Now it works just fine.
Thank you! After 4 years you're still helping people out. I followed your instructions and fixed my error in 5 min
Thanks a million Paul! Worked perfect, you just saved me a couple hundred bucks. Doing gods work brother.
Glad it was helpful @Michael Johnston!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Thank you SO much! My microwave just started beeping out of nowhere and after a quick search I found your video! You saved me! I followed your super clear instructions and BOOM - FIXED!
Glad I could help! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
That’s awesome
Bruh! U literally saved me $650 😳 i SALUTE you man! May the lord reward u for this 💯
Wow! My older brother called me to take down Microwave and was going to buy another new microwave. I looked at your video and saved him a few hundred dollars!
Thank you for your easy to follow video!
Thank you, Paul!!! I'm a 71-year-old female and I was able to follow your video and fix my microwave! Thank you!!!
Thanks so much! Great, informative video. Took less that 5 minutes to fix and saved me a bundle! As others are noting, I also had a few other loose connections. I was also able to loosen the ribbon clip without taking the others off. Solid work, sir. And ditto on BOOM done!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
I repaired my keypad this morning by following your excellent video, but added one step of cleaning the contact area of the ribbon cable with an eraser. It looked as if the ribbon cable clamp was never fully seated on my circuit board. Your instructions saved my the hassle of arranging an appliance repair person and working around their schedule.
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Amazing video - you coached us into getting our microwave back working. Thanks for putting together a video that was clear and easy to follow.
Thank you Paul!! Even my husband and I that are totally dumb about these things have been able to fix it thanks to your video! You’re amazing
Thanks! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Every few years I come back here to fix my microwave. It's back! Thank you
Well this just worked like a charm. The turning-on was at first spooky. Then annoying with the beeping. We couldn’t go through the night, waiting for the superintendent. So we found your video and did it ourselves! Life saver.
That was so much easier than I thought it would be, and it worked! I used a Q-tip and a little isopropyl alcohol to gently clean the contact strips of the ribbon cable, put it back in, and DONE! I was surprised at the amount of crud that came off the metal strips, but when enough of it builds up, that's what caused the short. 10 minutes and $0 dollars spent - GREAT VIDEO!
Thank you so much for this explanation. My cleaning lady has shorted my microwave twice! And both times I’ve followed your video and met with success. You rock!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Thank you Paul, my microwave is the LG smart inverter (quite different from the one you showed) but when I opened it, I was able to identify the circuit board, pushed it in, and it worked!!! Prior to this, I was quoted almost $300 to fix but just before getting rid of it, I watched your video. Thanks a million!!
This video is awesome!!!! When my wife told me what was going on, I thought we were going to have to buy a new microwave for sure. Followed this video and it solved the problem. Very easy to follow and do. Thank you so much!!!!!
GREAT!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
This video saved me about $500 for a new microwave it literally took less than five minutes to fix please everybody try this before buying a new keypad are getting a new microwave what a great video thank you
Great advice. Fixed it today...and knowing is half the battle. Thank you!!
You are welcome Aldo!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Thank you so much! You totally saved me- the constant beeping was about to send me over the edge 😆
Thanks for the video!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
A REALLY BIG THANKS Paul. Your video told me exactly what I needed to do and lo and behold it worked!. Thanks for taking the time to make this video - it has helped so many of us!
Glad it helped. If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Found your video, tried it right away, solved the problem. Thanks for the help neighbor, you just saved me hundreds of dollars replacing a microwave.
Got same message...Just did this fix on GE microwave jvm1540sp1ss, 14 yrs old. Works, so far, thank you. Be prepared for greasy gunk in crevices. I found rubbing alcohol on qtip and paper towel helped clean things up (be gentle)
I also thank you for the video! Worked great. I had to set my tape twice, didn’t get it pushed in far enough. To remove vent cover - it works on the hook / slide out method like the control panel. Mine slid to the left. Saved $300.00 at least. Saw the lady who said she was 67 and fixed her friends. I’m 57 ! Thanks again!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Got up this morning to the keypad shorted message, thought I was going to be heading to the store to buy a new microwave. This fixed it! Thanks for the video!
Fantastic! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Paul - thank you! This literally took less than 30 minutes by the time, I cleaned everything. I appreciate your willingness to post this video!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
My microwave is a GE Model JES1451DN1BB. It needed to have the entire cover removed by removing (5) screws around the back edge on the cover and pulling it to the back a bit to remove. Once the cover was off, the circuit board was visible, it didn't need to be removed, and I followed your instructions to remove and re-seat the connectors and it now works again! Thank you for your help!
Thank you so much for posting this very easy to follow video. I was cleaning the outside of the microwave today and got the dreaded short circuit message. I'm so glad I found your video. Within a half hour my microwave was working again! Awesome! thanks again.
Thank you for commenting!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
I am sure glad I saw your video. My GE 2010 Microwave works again. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and video.
Thanks, had the same error code "Keypad Panel Shorted" after I cleaned the outside of the microwave. Followed your video and error message cleared and microwave is working just like before. Saved $150 on new control keypad!!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
was wondering, i do have a electronic cleaner, would that be good to use in this? I have a Hotpoint microwave and it said F3 like this but now i see that hotpoint is the value brand of GE, so I will try this next time it happens. But the issue I have is the light flickers, etc, and then go back to this, and PF so i will try this next time. thanks @@paulleininger4823
Thank you for this video Paul. It worked like a charm and saved us a few hundred dollars for a new microwave and installation. Thanks so much!!
Have the microwave range combo but the premise was the same and worked like a charm! Thanks Paul L....saved us all some head and heartaches. Not to mention an S ton of $$$.
amazing!!! Super fix! The beeps were so loud they woke me and were nearly driving me to madness! (the micowave is installed above the stove)Yours was the only video that had this easy fix!!! You saved us a ton of money!!! thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Great Video. Glad you reminded us to Unplug the Microwave first.
I love you mom!
Thank you so much for this video. I had a same problem with my microwave today!! I started searching on google how to fix so I don’t have to spend money on it..and I ended up on watching this video. It really worked. Thank again! God bless you🙏
Glad I could help! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Thanks for posting this video. I got my cover off, without it breaking, and when I looked at the ribbon connector, one half of it was broken off altogether. Now off to find a connector! Thanks again!
I found your video and followed it ….an boom my “keypad shorted” message is gone and microwave works perfectly 👍👍. Thank you!
THANK YOU!! While my husband was at the pool...I fixed the microwave!! So far so good! Saved me money and listening to him complain about replacing it! 😊😊
As a graduate of FRED'S APPLIANCE REPAIR SCHOOL i approve this message, however, I would recommend that anytime anyone work on a microwave oven (or just about anything else with a plug for that matter)that the first thing they do is unplug it and the second thing is that they discharged the capacitor. I understand that the keypad is not necessarily close to the capacitor but what you have there is an appliance that can really ruin your day even if it's unplugged. Discharging a capacitor is done by jumping between the positive and negative terminals. You can do it with a screwdriver.
Thank you so much!! Our microwave spazzed out beeping and displaying the “keypad shorted” message and your video saved us a costly maintenance visit.
If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
@paulleininger4823 we just tried to fix ours but when we went to ours the clock button it didn't work and it started beeping again.. any suggestions?
Thanks for the video!! You just saved me several hundred dollars! Appreciate it!!
Worked exactly as described and i didn't break the cover. Seems to work for most GE models. I did not need to remove the other connections. 10 minute fix. trying to buy a new microwave in this supply challenged market could take months. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for posting this video....fixed my microwave all on my own and didn't have to pay someone to come repair it.
This is great. I took the panel apart as you show, cleaned the ribbon (very gently) with ammonia to get the grease off (as one of the comments suggests), and reassembled. So far, so good! Thanks for this.
Great to hear!
Still working? Mine only lasted a few days.
@@billboyer9739 Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Thank you so much for this clear video. I was able to fix my parents over the range microwave following your instructions!!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
I've been waiting for the maintenance people to come and fix it for me for more than a week, just by watching your video I fixed it in 5 minutes thank you so much
Great to hear! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Thank you my friend. This message has come up several times. Just an hour ago it would not stop and I did what you prescribed, and it worked... lets see how long it will take. Thank YOU!
It worked! I also cleaned the contacts of the ribbon connector with a pencil eraser because they can get corroded. Three screws (two in the front on mine, not the top), 20 minutes, zero dollars! Thank you! I had thought that this would be a huge, difficult, expensive, time-consuming project! :)
Thank you Paul. The fix worked like a charm on the black version of the same model microwave. Circuit board was slightly different but same issue and fix. Great job on the instructions. 👍
Thanks Paul. You just saved me $125 to by a used replacement oven. What I noticed on the ribbon cable was an accumulation of grease that seeped down onto the contacts. Used a cleaner to clean and a pencil eraser to polish the contacts of the ribbon cable. Everything like new again. Thanks.
Oh my goodness!! Been in my new home for 2 years and only kept home warranty for 1 year, I dropped my Home Warranty about 6 months ago and of course, I got this message on my microwave. Just my luck...I was not looking forward to this bill. It also helps that I have the same kind of microwave in this video, SCORE!!! I will try this when I get home. Hope it works!! Thanks so much!!!
Did it work?
This is amazing, works like charm. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Paul! Worked like a charm! Saved me a few hundred bucks.
Great to hear Justin!
Brooooo u the mannnn , i was going to buy a new one ,but my wife is cheap and want me to fix everything so for me not to fix crap i rather buy new ones 😂🤷♂️🤣🤣 but ur video was really helpful thanks bro ....✌👍🏻👍🏻💪💪💪😎😎😎
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THANK YOU!!!! Great instructions (especially how things come off/on - I'm always afraid I'll break something). The microwave is fixed in minutes!
Excellent video - I have a similar model with the same problem, and this worked like a charm! Always good to save money with a few minutes of work!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Awesome fix......Got the same error message yesterday. After finding your video earlier, took 5 minutes to fix! Thank you!!!
I am 6 months pregnant ! And I couldn't take it with F3 error I followed alll the instructions switched everything off and wowow it workeddd!!!!!!!! Thank you so much I feel like I'm an electrician now lol but thank you so precise and clear .
If it doesn't work the first time. What I did was wipe it down with a clean paper paperr towel just to take out any grease if there and then it worked!
Wonderful! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer! Hope the baby was born healthy!
@@paulleininger4823 yes he came out very early !!! On Christmas day so he's my Christmas baby !!! But everything went well !! And we both are healthy thank you to God. !! I completely forgot about this fix lol thanks !!! For replying reminds me of how motivated I was!!! This ones going in my baby book !! 😁😁😁😁🙏
Thank you so much!! 2am and my 2month old baby starting crying for food, I have no time or energy to warm up water the old school way for formula. It took me less than 20 minutes, had to try two times but it worked!! Thank you!
I'm sitting here watching Netflix and all the sudden I hear a beep code out of my microwave that I've never heard before. I get up to go look and sure enough it's telling me to keep had a shorted do a Google search find this video 10 minutes later my microwave is fixed thank you sir
This was perfect! I kept waiting for my husband to fix it, but he hardly uses it, so he wasn’t rushed. Lol. Found this video and fixed it myself!
Glad I could help! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
You're the best! Thanks for this, fixed mine and saved up a few hundred dollars that made a big difference for us.
Thanks for demonstrating this! Your video showed us how to fix our microwave when we encountered that error message! 🙏🏼
Thanks! Worked like a charm. Back up and running again in less than 20 minutes! Appreciate the video!
THANK YOU GOOD SIR!! Didn’t work the first two times. Then I read some comments, used the suggestion to clean the contacts with rubbing alcohol and q-tip, and SUCCESS!
Easy peasy, thanks so much! I did spray a puff of contact cleaner in the slot and wiped the one side of the ribbon end with it as well. Thanks for saving my weekend!
That's the way to do it!
WORKED like a Charm !!! - THANK YOU: Waited two days to post - Day three and still working - Control board was $298 if needed. Thank you
Great to hear! I had to watch like 10 videos to fix this. It happened again a couple of years later, so I did the video.
I followed your video and did this without unplugging it because it seemed like you didn't (and I couldn't find the cord so I thought there was no way to unplug it, turns out it was in the cabinet above). Then I reached the end of the video where you said unplug it and I realized I'm lucky I didn't get electrocuted!
Thanks for the video, I was very excited because my "keypad shorted" message started after our power was out for 4.5 hours on Thursday, and when the power came back on the GE microwave (identical to your video one) worked for 1 day before the keypad shorted message started flashing, tried your method twice and after an hour, goes back to keypad message shorted again.
I think the board is fried.
Thanks Paul! For my model J KP90S P4SS (It's a combo microwave/oven with the oven under the microwave using a combo keypad) you only need to unscrew (2) Torq screws on the inside face and then the whole keypad lifts out.
Can't thank you enough!
We were about to buy a new microwave, but this video helped us fix ours and save a bunch 👏👏
Love to hear this!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
It worked! Thanks. I was struggling to get the top panel off and slid it slightly to the left which you mentioned. I think I spent more time cleaning the built up grease than the repair. 😀
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
You are an absolute lifesaver!! I was ready to launch this microwave out of the window! I followed your video and within 5 minutes, I had it up and running again!! Much appreciated!!
Here I was about to get a new one.. then saw a different video recommending to replace the panel. Then I saw yours. Yours worked.. thanks a bunch!! For now I won't need to worry on replacements. Lol.
You are welcome! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Just wanted you to know that I followed this exactly and boom it all worked. Perfect!! Thanks man. Huge help
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. Much appreciated.
Glad it was helpful! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Great video, I was about to install the new unit when I saw your video, it took like 5 minutes to fix it,now I’m returning the new one thank you you save me $400 dollars.
Great to hear! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
I got the same message on my microwave and I followed your very easy fixed. Man you just save me $$$. Thank you so much. I’m loving you tube lol.
Glad I could help! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Mr. Paul, you must be a man of God, you save me to spend more than $ 500.00 for a new microwaves, thanks to your video a fixed my microwaves without spend one cent. God bless you and your family. Saludos.
This IS the fix; it should be included in the troubleshooting flow chart that GE stuck inside of the control panel. Thanks for posting this video.
I just saved $500 by watching this video. Thank you!! By the way, you don't need to disconnect any other wires. The entire fix is less than 5 minutes
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Thank you!! You just saved me at the least a service call!! (Did remember to un-plug first). Spoke too soon, error message came back in about 5 minutes. Looks like new keyboard/control pad...or new microwave time.
Don’t feel bad. I broke my top vent too. Thanks for posting this. Fixed it!
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Who would have ever thought to slide top panel over for removal.Thanks for informational vid .
Thank you! This is exactly what I needed to fix my microwave!
Glad I could help! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Thank you! Just saved us from either buying a new microwave or a service call. Either way a couple hundred dollars and it was just a 10 minutes fix.
If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I WAS ABLE TO FIX MY MICROWAVE
THANKS A LOT
Glad it helped! If you have to do it again, clear the ribbon off with rubbing alcohol on a qtip. The fix will last longer!
Didn't work for me. It went to the clock reset screen, but all the buttons were still frozen.
Worked like a charm! I didn't even undo all of the plugs (I did unplug from house power though). Once I had the keypad off, I was done in about 1 minute.
Thank you very much for sharing!
Thank you so much for making this video. 2 minute fix.. Saved me from buying new microwave.. !!! Very Appreciated. Kevin
Have this same model, same error/issue, followed your steps, and got it working again! THANK YOU! I also broke some tabs in the process :D I think it'll be time for a new microwave soon though - the one we have is disgusting (oil and grease all over it - I guess the previous owner never cleaned it)