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Originally Posted by KWLKS

I was having a similar problem. I turned of circuit breaker for the fridge so I could access the fridge coil to remove the ice build-up. When I turned the breaker back on, the fridgde worked fine but the freezer wouldn't cool down. I tried resetting the breaker several times but still no freezer. I wasted an hour today trying to use Just Answer to see if they could help. Don't waste time or money on this service.

I tried pressing the two buttons to get the freezer to turn on. The first time it went to OF display. I pressed them again and it shows the temperature. It was 57 when it started is down to 52 now. I hope this fixed the issue. I will check it again in a couple of hours. Thanks for the good advice.

When I had my repair when we were at a campground in North Carolina in August, I had the refrigerator unplugged for some time before the service tech arrived. He dignosed the problem as the fan, which needed to be replaced. He scheduled another appointment 4 days later (to come out a second time). Why? He said (first), he had to get the fan replacement, and second, it would take the 4 days to completely thaw out the refrigerator to properly check out the drains.

What you see (freezer build up), is just superficial. The real freeze up is what you cannot see, in the drain sections and small tubes behind the back wall of the freezer.

Also, replacing the fan is not just simply .... replacing a small fan motor. No. The fan is connected with electronics. The entire back panel of the freezer section is replaced. I was really surprised how big the entire panel was and everything connected with it.

So, my suggestion, your problem is probably bigger than you realize. First, let the refrigerator completely thaw out ... like "they" said, 4 days to thaw complete, if you still have issues, you are only guessing at what the problem is. Contact Samsung for a repair. Once your refrigerator is working properly, you'll see the temperature drop quickly. In order to ensure mine was working correctly, the technician had the refrigerator (back wall) removed and he watched the colling (freezing and the fins turning white with frost) move down the cooling coils one row at a time). When the entire thing was completely white with a thin layer of frost), he knew everything was working correct. He replaced the back panel, and still hung around and waited to see the temperature drop.

I learned that day, there's much more to a refrigerator than just a simple fan.