(by the way, if it's any benefit to anyone reading this, I just deleted the printer setting and just made a new one)

What happens if you disconnect the connector for the thermistor at the extruder?  I don't know what color it is on the new hot ends, but it might lead to a thin, gray wire.

For the record, however, earlier today, I-WAS- able to heat the extruder and start a print, but the print bed didn't heat up (it never started), so of course the ABS didn't stick and I killed the job. That was the only instance today it worked. ("worked").

Yeah, Like I said, the lights and the fan are working, and the S3 hums and responds when I hit the connect button. The extruder reads as 0 degrees and it doesn't change when I wrap my hands around it. It says at the bottom this, however:

Connected Extruder: 0.00 degress C/OFF

So it MIGHT be that the nozzle is off. But I don't know how to turn either that or the print bed on...?

For the record, I don't know how much help this will be, but here's a screenshot of what my window looks like:

If the temps aren't reading then its not connected.  If it is connected then there is some one of power issue, though it would be odd for the fan to be running but no motors responding if you hit the home buttons.

first you have to cnnect the printer in repetier
then go to the manual tab and set the extruder to on and let it warm up remain on that page.alot of this is being covered here

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/1208/getting-started/

I load the gcode into Repetier and then hit Run Job, and then I get an ETA print time of 26min and 30 sec, but the printer doesn't start and I don't see either the nozzle OR print bed gaining temperature. Am I missing a step?

http://www.solidoodle.com/how-to-2/how- … -filament/

Repetier's self explanatory, if you have a specific question, ask away.

So forgive my daftness, but I need a little help getting my new S3 operational. I have Repetier-Host, slic3r, Python 2.7.3, unicode support, and the Arduino drivers installed as detailed in the original getting started wiki page.

From there, the next step is to install the filament, which I'm having trouble figuring out how to do. Let's just say there are a lot of screws on this thing. Haha!! If someone can put up a picture tutorial or something, or link to a place I'm missing, that would be very much appreciated.

The next thing is to slice up the model using Skienforge accessed through Pronterface. But the getting started page says S3 users cannot use Pronterface at the moment. So I'm at a loss of where to go next.

My S3 has its lights on and the fan is running, so I know it's at least reactive in that sense.

Could someone please point me in the right direction? Thanks!! :]