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by DennisFBailey
Fri May 06, 2016 7:51 pm
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Not printing after control board change
Replies: 11
Views: 23623

Re: Not printing after control board change

The problem is with the movement of the X, Y and Z axis not the Hot End (which is working fine!). I have replaced the Control Board and I can move the X,Y and Z axis using the control panel (and also by repetier host) albeit by only half of the requested movement (e.g. I dial in 10mm movement and ...
by DennisFBailey
Tue May 03, 2016 1:05 am
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Not printing after control board change
Replies: 11
Views: 23623

Re: Not printing after control board change

Hi Mark,

I have just noticed that the driver boards that appear to work on the board have a large chip rather than the small chip that I observered when looking to purchase yet another set of driver boards ..the boards I currently have are equipped with both small and large chips so it appears I ...
by DennisFBailey
Tue May 03, 2016 12:40 am
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Not printing after control board change
Replies: 11
Views: 23623

Re: Not printing after control board change

Hi Mark,

I have checked the voltages on the driver boards and they are all about 1.0V. I have cycled all driver boards (I now have 15 of the damn things!) and have found 5 that are able to drive the X Y Z albeit they appear to be driving at 1/2 the distance (i.e I move (say) the X axis by 10mm and ...
by DennisFBailey
Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:41 am
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Not printing after control board change
Replies: 11
Views: 23623

Re: Not printing after control board change

Hi Mark,

I have reloaded version 1.0.5 and I am having exactly the same response - reached the bed and injector temperature and then just stops. The Z motor seems to have a mind of its own when I am controlling this via the command knob .. I move it up by 10mm and then back down but it appears to ...
by DennisFBailey
Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:04 pm
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Not printing after control board change
Replies: 11
Views: 23623

Re: Not printing after control board change

I have version 1.0.5 installed but I was getting the same result with 1.0.4 which was installed on the board when I received it. I will try to reinstall the .5 version again but I am not hopeful
by DennisFBailey
Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:16 pm
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Not printing after control board change
Replies: 11
Views: 23623

Not printing after control board change

Hi,
I have an I3 M201 ... due to inadvertant driver installation, I had to replace the motherboard. I received the motherboard and installed (very carefully this time!) and I was able to move the X,Y and Z axis manually via the control panel knob and also via Repetier-host manual control but when I ...
by DennisFBailey
Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:38 pm
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Replacement control board and drivers
Replies: 6
Views: 11308

Re: Replacement control board and drivers

Thanks James. The pictures on the build instructions were not clear. I have reorientated the drivers on the board and removed the jumpers from pins 1 and 2 but, unfortunately, I still get smoke wafting off the board when I switch on and no activity whatsoever so I assume that the board has been ...
by DennisFBailey
Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:24 pm
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Replacement control board and drivers
Replies: 6
Views: 11308

Re: Replacement control board and drivers

Hi Mark,

I transferred the cables 1 by 1 from the old board to the new board so they should be in exactly the same positions. I think the new board was a Rev A (large USB plug rather than mini plub - but the board has Rev B printed by the name (see pictures)) rather than the original which was a ...
by DennisFBailey
Tue Mar 22, 2016 10:38 pm
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Replacement control board and drivers
Replies: 6
Views: 11308

Replacement control board and drivers

I am running a Prusa I3 M201 with GTM32 control card. Due to incorrectly installing a driver card into the control board there was some smoke and a whole lot of time and money wasted whilst I ordered new driver cards and control board from Geeetech. Having received the replacements, I (CAREFULLY ...
by DennisFBailey
Fri Feb 19, 2016 5:50 am
Forum: Extruder
Topic: Broken Thermister
Replies: 1
Views: 3672

Broken Thermister

Hi ... Can anyone confirm the type of Thermister in the hot end of the I3 M201 please? The thermister broke in two when I was trying to resolve a problem with the Z axis control - I have a stock of 100K thermisters but need to confirm that these are the right values for the system - if not, I will ...