does anyone believe this could be the culprit?
Yup!
]]>ok so i went to take the board off to get it preped to return to solidoodle if needed and realized that when solidoodle snipped the exsess leads off the back there was a small part of a lead jumping two of the points in the board so i removed it and hooked my printer back up and it seems to running. but before i start seriously printing again does anyone believe this could be the culprit?
We have seen this sort of thing before.
]]>when i switched the place were the motors were connected it moved to the y axis but when i changed drivers nothing changed.
Ah! When you said:
"Ok thanks so if i switch the places that the z and y are plugged in at and it switches to the y then just order one of those and replace it but if it remains in the z axis i will most likely have to replace the mother board."
"places that z and y are plugged in at"
I assumed you meant the driver board.
If the issue doesn't swap axes when you swap drivers, then it's a problem with the motherboard or the ATMega. Sorry about that.
]]>jooshs wrote:You may be able to salvage this one using a jumper if it is working, but not sending the z down. At least it could work while you wait for your replacement.
Gonna be hard, since the A4988 is surface mount QFN.
Agreed, but may be fun to try. I've done this before on surface mounted chips on quadcopters using a piece of solder as a jumper. Teaching kids to solder solid state accelerometers leads to many a melted traces.
]]>You may be able to salvage this one using a jumper if it is working, but not sending the z down. At least it could work while you wait for your replacement.
Gonna be hard, since the A4988 is surface mount QFN.
]]>Make sure you unplug bothe power 12v and usb power to the printer before swapping the plugs around... just in case
thanks i will make sure to do that
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]]>elmoret wrote:thecrow117 wrote:Or by the driver do you mean the little chip next to were the motors plug in if so then i know what to do
Yes, this:
Ok thanks so if i switch the places that the z and y are plugged in at and it switches to the y then just order one of those and replace it but if it remains in the z axis i will most likely have to replace the mother board.
Yes, or you'll have to troubleshoot the motherboard for a bad connection.
Don't buy one from Solidoodle - you can find them cheaper elsewhere.
]]>thecrow117 wrote:Or by the driver do you mean the little chip next to were the motors plug in if so then i know what to do
Yes, this:
Ok thanks so if i switch the places that the z and y are plugged in at and it switches to the y then just order one of those and replace it but if it remains in the z axis i will most likely have to replace the mother board.
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