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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I guess it looks like the board may be bad.?. Unfortunately, affording to buy this in the first place was more money than I had to spend. I can&#039;t find this motherboard anywhere online. I research the Ramp boards, and read the post about them. There seems to be so many different ones, and they all look different. I&#039;m not sure if I&#039;m smart enough to figure it out, but if I don&#039;t try, I&#039;m going to be without $600 an without a printer. Can someone point me in the correct direction of a board that&#039;s not too expensive so I don&#039;t end up buying the wrong one?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[hopper_child]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10247/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-07T16:51:32Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Ridiculous hot does not sound good. Unfortunately, I have no idea what the function of all the components on a Press board do. Perhaps someone else with a background in electronics could enlighten the rest of us?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[fpuffer]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/9174/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-06T20:28:01Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;ve noticed the board gets ridiculous hot in this area.</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?ZTB8yXc.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?ZTB8yXc.jpg" /></span></p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[hopper_child]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10247/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-06T18:59:21Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The controller was a 24v led digital temperature controller sold by iOkeler on Amazon, but he doesn&#039;t appear to have any at the moment. The power supply was a Singpad 240 watt 24v power supply, also on Amazon. However, I would not order anything until I had FIRST edited the configuration file for the correct firmware for your Press, compiled it, and reflashed the Press. If all goes well, the computer will work OK and you can use it as is for any filiment that doesn&#039;t need a heated bed. I used Polymax PLA on my Press and it worked quite well with an unheated bed and no added cooling fan.</p><p>But it may be that whatever screwed up the bed temperature measurement on your board screwed up other things as well, in which case you probably have to go with a Ramps or other board. I just don&#039;t want you to waste money ordering hardware until you&#039;re sure the only thing wrong with the factory board in the bed temperature input and everything else works fine.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[fpuffer]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/9174/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-06T18:58:56Z</updated>
			<id>https://www.soliforum.com/post/111063/#p111063</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Interesting. What did you get to control the bed?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[hopper_child]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10247/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-06T17:54:03Z</updated>
			<id>https://www.soliforum.com/post/111060/#p111060</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://www.soliforum.com/post/111059/#p111059" />
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>With my Press, the extruder wouldn&#039;t work either, but I think that was because of safety features in the firmware. As soon as I modified the firmware to no heated bed, everything worked again OK. So it is possible that the only thing wrong with your board is the bed temperature thermistor input.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[fpuffer]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/9174/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-06T16:55:44Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Where is a good place to get a Ramps 1.4 board? I&#039;ve been searching, but I&#039;m not certain if everything I&#039;m finding are actually complete boards.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[hopper_child]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10247/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-06T15:54:25Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Thanks. I noticed the extruder doesn&#039;t heat either. I noticed if I ground them manually they will heat up. I dunno. Thanks.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[hopper_child]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10247/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-06T15:27:49Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>There is another currently active thread on the Ramps 1.4 board which might help you in finding another board. With my factory board, the only thing that failed was the circuit for measuring bed temperature. Everything else still functioned after recompiling the firmware and reflashing the board. However, if I were doing it over again, I&#039;d probably opt for a new non Solidoodle board instead.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[fpuffer]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/9174/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-06T15:02:39Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for your input. I have been looking at boards online, but I don&#039;t really know what I&#039;m looking at. Is there another board that I can use on my press that isn&#039;t too expensive?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[hopper_child]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10247/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-06T14:15:04Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://www.soliforum.com/post/111039/#p111039" />
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I had a similar problem earlier this year. The factory bed on my Press was badly warped, making it impossible to print anything more than a couple of inches across. I modified the bed so that I could print on a much thicker piece of glass and while putting things back together again, found that the bed temperature was being reported as about 350 even though it was still cold to the touch. Worse, the firmware wouldn&#039;t let me start a print - a safety measure I assume. <br />To check the thermistor, I connected the hot end themistor to the bed thermister connector on the control board and the bed thermistor to the hot end thermistor connector. Since the bed temperature was still indicated as being 350, this pointed to the problem being on the board, although there was no sign of burning or overheating. Solidoole confirmed that the problem was with the board, suggested that I replace the board, then told me they were out of stock on boards but would have them soon. That was many month ago and you may not be surprised that I haven&#039;t heard from them since them.</p><p>I suspect someone with good knowledge of the board could help you test and repair it, but what I did was to recompile the firmware after editing the configuration file to indicate that there was no bed heater on the printer. Getting the firmware reflashed was a real ordeal. I tried lots of different ways and finally what worked was the procedure Solidoodle posted on their site. The instructions were not perfectly clear, but whatever I did finally worked, although I doubt if I could do it again. I also discovered that you have to be careful to use the firmware that was in use when my Press was manufactured. I have one of the early Press printers. Modifying the updated firmware, which is the only one Solidoodle had on their site at the time, screwed up the leveling procedure making it impossible to print, so I went through the whole thing again with the original firmware which was an additional pain to find.</p><p>I then bought a 24 volt temperature controller and a 24 volt power supply. Since my factory bed heater is still OK, I can use it, but have to control the bed temperature independently of the printer - not a big deal.</p><p>If I had been thinking ahead I would have written down all the steps in detail, but didn&#039;t.&nbsp; Sorry I can&#039;t give you all the steps I went though, but this may help give somewhat of an overview of the situation.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[fpuffer]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/9174/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-06T01:39:01Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I don&#039;t see anything out of the ordinary. Nothing appears to be burnt anywhere.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[hopper_child]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10247/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-05T20:08:48Z</updated>
			<id>https://www.soliforum.com/post/111026/#p111026</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://www.soliforum.com/post/111024/#p111024" />
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Then it seems that the thermistor and wiring is OK...check the board to see if you can find any evidence of a short.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[IronMan]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/131/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-05T18:29:13Z</updated>
			<id>https://www.soliforum.com/post/111024/#p111024</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Yes, around that temperature.</p>]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[hopper_child]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10247/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-05T18:23:39Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Press thinks Bed is 350 deg C whenever connected]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://www.soliforum.com/post/111016/#p111016" />
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>What&#039;s your room temp; about 64-66 deg F?</p>]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[IronMan]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/131/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2015-12-05T16:16:57Z</updated>
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