Power cord on solidoodle 2 (Page 2 of 3)

I have a few more questions.
-I see other people using different firmwares than solidoodle like from Adrian. Are these better?
-The boards on ebay have a 4 pin atx connector for the power. What do I need to convert that to a wall plug?
-Which is better geetech, reprap, or the step stick board.

Actually after browsing, I like this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221346197194

Does this have everything I need? Do the steppers matter? Why are they blue instead of pololu a94?

I really appreciate you guy's help in this so far, I really have no talent for electronics.

The only difference I see on this board are the green screw terminals next to the black power screw terminal.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221346197194

On my board they are not there and instead have red plugs that connect to white plugs on the board. Will they still be compatible?

Cool, I'm going to order this board then. Polarity is positive and negative right? how do I find out which piece of wire is the negative one?

Ok, Im a little worried then because both wires are red. If I do this it should be the same thing right?
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Alright, thanks a lot carl. I just need a new power supply and I should be able to get my printer back up and running again.

What do those wires actually go to?

The right side red wires go down and then it looks like they go to the bottom of my bed.
The left side wires go up into the sleeve that connects to the side of the nozzle. I cant see where it goes from there but it might be the red connector that connects to the black tape around the nozzle.

Ok then. Do you know if the chips be salvaged from the old board and if its worth it?

If the stepper drivers are the "blue ice step stick" chips then it will arrive with those assembled for an extra charge.

I think what happened was when I was removing the solder from my old board, I tried to do it without the de-solder pump first. When I melted the solder I pushed the iron in too far and it got physically stuck into the board and I had to pull it out and the solder didn't even go with it. So I ended up getting the pump which was way way easier but I assume the damage was done at that point already.
Its either that or my power supply transformer, but I tried to test my transformer with a power supply tester for a PC. I jammed the bare wires in where it said 12 V but all it did was make a white spark so I don't really know if it works or not and it seemed like a bad idea to continue so Ill wait for the new board to try it out on that and if not Ill get a new transformer.

Those are your stepper drivers and each one is a carrier board in a socket that can be removed and replaced if needed. Some times they build the boards without test fitting all the parts. You could just sand down the edge of the carrier a bit to get it to fit better or just leave it alone. It is in the socket far enough it should not be a problem.

Marlin is the same as Repetier, in my opinion a bit smoother on motor management. You will have to configure it just like you would had you bought one loaded with Repetier. Unless somebody wants to share their pre configured firmware with you.