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GE Profile Spacemaker beeps randomly, the reminder feature activates by itself, the buttons aren’t working, and you might get the keypad shortage error message on the screen.
So, before you give up and throw it in the trash, try this fix and you might save yourself a few hundred bucks. If it doesn’t work on the first try, do it again a couple times. Mine worked for 1 day, shorted again, I cleaned it again, then it worked for months before shorting again. I clean it once every couple months now for the last year or so. Call me crazy, but I’d rather do that than hassle with removing the whole thing, buying a new one, and figuring out how to install it. Above the range microwaves aren’t the easiest to remove or install, so I’m doing this repair trick for as long as it keeps working.
Update: I tried something new on my last try and it has been working longer before shorting again...put a little vinegar on the paper towel before cleaning the ribbon, I think it may have cleaned it better.
Enjoy!