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[COLOR="Blue"]Do I have a drain as I read in other posts?
If so, where would all of that water go?[/COLOR]
Yes you do.
If you look at the housing (Item 14 in Section 4) which is under/behind the evaporator coils you will see it has a hole (center/bottom). The drain hose (Items 25 and 23 in Section 1) connect to it. It then drains the water from your auto defrost into the pan (Item 16 in Section 1)which is under the unit.

I know I sound incredibly stupid, but believe it or not-I'm the fix-it person in our household!!!
Does not sound stupid to me none of us knew bout the drain till someone else told us.

Sounds like drain tube is plugged so that the water from the defrost cycle cannot drain into the drain pan.

I would check that it is clear.
If plugged a turkey baster with warm water, an air compressor with low pressure or a wire can often be used to clear it.

Also check that it is not plugged with dust etc. at the drain pan end.
You might as well clean the condenser/compressor fan and the condenser coils and the vents in the kick plate and rear cover while you are down there.

If it looks like stuff is growing in the tube I would flush it with a 10% bleach solution. This should kill the stuff and let you flush it out. You may have to do this several times, let it sit for 15 minutes or so between flushes.

Be careful that the drip tray does not overflow and empty the drip tray after you are done. If the drip tray comes out easily, some of them do not.

Be sure to unplug the unit while doing this.

FYI the board in the dispenser area does not control any aspect of the ice maker. It controls the fountain and and dispenser mechanisms. That being said those boards seem to fail for no reason some times. other times it's either the cube/crush solenoid (to the left of the auger bracket in the back of freezer) or the ice door solenoid can crap out and cause it. I've also seen the switch behind the rubber pad short out and cause issues. check the solenoids for free movement, they usually lock up/melt when they fail.

You can probably turn your ice maker on and still get ice, it just won't dispense it out the door.

And this is also not related to your ice in the bottom of the freezer issue. As denman said it's your drain line is plugged. I recommend clearing the drain line with hot water and compressed air. I would caution against sticking anything sharp in there, there is a rubber elbow right after the drain hole and it's easy to poke a hole in or push off of the drain fitting. Once you get it flowing a bleach solution can be used to kill the moldy gunk living in there.

Hope all this helps.


p.s. double check the housing where you removed that computer board. if it's melted/warped in any way be sure to replace it. Same goes with the dispenser door that is in there.
good luck!

edit: If you got smoke out of the actual ice maker, then you probably had a heater short out or got water in the module. replacing the Ice maker should fix it.

If you click on the heater's (Item 12 in Section 4) picture a new page wil open withe Q&A section.
The third question down has info on this type of problem.

To repair the hole in the freezer line go to Home Depot etc. and get some duct tape. It is silver foil with a peel and stick backing (not the fiber type).

Also check that it has not melted the insulation behind the hole.

Double check your warranty, some units have lifetime liner warranties.
Can possibly call Maytag and ask them what, if anything can be done.