My Mom’s built microwave oven quit working soon after she pushed the start button. Now it has no power at all - no light, and the control panel display is blank. The conventional oven at the bottom has a light when we open the door - so we know power is getting to the unit.
It looks like the problem is a fuse or the control panel itself…
The problem I’m having now is that I can’t even open the control panel for further troubleshooting. I turned off the breaker at the wall and removed the 2 screws at the top of the panel and now the top can tilt forward a little bit. Then I tried to push it up to unlock it from the tabs at the bottom so I could pull it out, BUT it is really hard. It almost seems that there are other screws securing the panel, but I can’t see it.
Could anyone help me and describe how to remove the control panel so I can access the circuit board and/or the fuse(s) to troubleshoot the problem further?
Thank you very much in advance for your help.
Using the diagram below - I removed the 2 screws at the top of the plastic frame (part #1 in the drawing) of the control panel, but still couldn’t remove the panel.
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