On 4/24/2016 11:29 PM, Danny DiAmico wrote:
On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 22:19:45 -0700, Don Y wrote:

Pick any three buttons on the control except power, start, or cancel.

Now press this button sequence RAPIDLY (within eight seconds)
Button 1, Button 2, Button 3,
Button 1, Button 2, Button 3,
Button 1, Button 2, Button 3
You are pressing 9 buttons in 8 seconds so it needs to be pretty quick.)

Bummer. Tried it many times. Nothing happens when I press any three
buttons like that in succession three times.

Will dig in further ...

Note the procedure must be followed "to the letter".
Also note the serial numbers for which that document applies.
There are probably different sequences required to activate
these modes on different versions of the "same" product
(model numbers and names are only loosely correlated).

Do *any* of the buttons respond (by changing the displayed
indicators) -- or are the displays "frozen", regardless of
what you do?

I *think* the first thing that most front loaders do is try
to lock the door after the cycle is commanded to begin.
It's possible the door lock mechanism had/has a short and that
let the magic blue smoke escape.

Unfortunately, if it took out the control board in the process
(to the point where it is completely unresponsive even after
cycling power), knowing where the short lies is probably small
consolation. And, unless you can find and repair the short
(or other failure), repairing/replacing the control board will
just give you a repeat failure.