asiddiqui86 wrote:

Thanks for your assistance guys but that was the first thing i changed, when that didn't work i fixed it according to the voltivo forum's

You don't have to use a stock motherboard.  Hardware wise it is just a standard type A printer.  Any motherboard will work on it.  A Ramps is only 60 bucks and gives you far more freedom than the stock board.  Also once you get away from stock the machine is very reliable and prints as good as a 2500 dollar Makerbot.  For the price it is amazing machine.
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Thank you for your help I sort of figured what is happening, so I fixed the r271 resistor bridge again, as this is what seemed to have caused the initial issue when i purchased the machine (after only two prints)

Now it seems as though the connector where the thermistor connects to is the issue here, it started printing then got jiggled around a bit and the same "def" error appeared. I took the head out and moved the connector back into place etc and it worked.

Now after owning the machine for less than 2 months i am frustrated because i have had to go through so much to change the parts and have had no help from the company where i purchased the item for 700 australian dollars

So yeah Carl you're right I am running out of patience, be that as it may I am keen to learn and do have the patience to deal with this kind of thing, I had hoped to at least get more than two prints out of my first 3d printer before it stuffed up.

Would you be able to elaborate on how I can change the motherboard to one of the ones you spoke about.

Furthermore I wish to possibly change the extruder to an e3d kind, if someone wants to do this for me and I pay them that would be great, or if someone can give me some guidelines with benefits etc, it seems as though this printer may be great for some, but not necessarily for all, and although the parts are available, due to being in Oz and not having these readily available, they can end up being very expensive.

Hence why I want to go e3d, but have no idea how to go about this and mounting etc, connectors the lot.

Thanks in advance.

I made a few tweaks to mine and did a lot of reading on what makes this machine what it is.

I make some pretty stellar prints with mine now and I'm pretty satisfied with the overall performance of the machine despite it's quirks given that I only paid $450 for it. I guess I could have paid $2500 and got the same results out of a Makerbot.

Thanks for your assistance guys but that was the first thing i changed, when that didn't work i fixed it according to the voltivo forum's instructions.

This thing is a waste of money no way i buy one of these printers again, i should have spent a bit more and bought something reliable.

If it is the motherboard the new motherboard is $160.00

You don't have to use a stock motherboard.  Hardware wise it is just a standard type A printer.  Any motherboard will work on it.  A Ramps is only 60 bucks and gives you far more freedom than the stock board.  Also once you get away from stock the machine is very reliable and prints as good as a 2500 dollar Makerbot.  For the price it is amazing machine.

Also even the 2500 Makerbot requires some work and has issues.  There is no such thing as  3d printer that will print well out of the box or be issue free.  So you spent your money wisely.  You just seem to lack the patience or maybe the knowledge to get the Da Vinci to perform well with maybe another 100 or 200 dollar investment.

Of course it helps to get it on a good deal like mine.  400 bucks on Ebay. Was supposed to have a jammed extruder. There was nothing wrong but the previous user not being able to follow the unload instructions.

This thing is a waste of money no way i buy one of these printers again, i should have spent a bit more and bought something reliable.

If it is the motherboard the new motherboard is $160.00

Carl's Ziptie method seems to work... I've been printing a lot every day since and still hasn't messed up.

Hehe I was actually just lazy that day and did not feel like cutting the wires and crimping on bullet connectors. But I was surprised it worked like a charm.

You can also look at the post I've linked below because carl_m1968 also had a good and simple fix that worked:

http://www.soliforum.com/post/92686/#p92686

Good luck.

http://voltivo.com/forum/davinci-peersu … heater-fix

The extruder heater connector is known to fail and it usually resolved by installing a more robust connector or soldering the two wires together. I removed my connector three weeks ago and soldered the wire.

The soldered connection eventually failed and I used butt splice connectors the second time around. It works fine now.

I have the 1.0a model and live in Australia, I had to do the fix for the 0011 error because of the new motherboard, and it started working again, I have put repetier firmware on the machine and it started working again, briefly.

Now I keep getting def error on the heater side of the display and can't understand what went wrong.

Do i need a new motherboard?

Is there a way I can replace motherboard with another machine or cheaper option and still use repetier??

Please help I am frustrated no one here in Sydney knows what to do with this machine.