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Hey guys. Still a noob and I need some help! Just got my Solidoodle a few days ago and everything was printing fine. Now the wheels that extrude and retract the filament are not responding when I hit the buttons in Repetier. I have looked online for a solution but I havnt really found anything. If you guys could help me out that would be great! I need to start printing soon :0 Thanks!
Can you move the the x,y and z motors? Home each one?
yeah. I can move the extruder and bed fine. Its just the wheels that retract and extrude the filament.
Look in the log - do you have an error listed? Have you power cycled (power and USB) the printer?
I get a "cold extruder prevented" in the log. How do I go about power cycling the power and usb? I have taken them out and plugged them back in a few times to see if it the connection would be better.
It actually says "cold extrusion prevented".
Now lets think about this... can you extrude plastic while cold? No, you can't. Plastic is solid at room temperature. Sure sounds like a protection feature kicking in because you're not at the set temperature! 
Power cycling is plugging/unplugging. They're digital electronics, there's no such thing as a "better connection". Either the connection is good enough, or it isn't.
I promised myself I'd be more patient in my posts this week, but I'm already running out of serenity. 3D printing isn't that hard - you just have to apply a few neurons...
There is no filament currently in the extruder. It was able to retract even while cooled before. I will try and it again when heated and see if it works out.
It was able to retract even while cooled before.
No, it wasn't.
if(degHotend(active_extruder)<EXTRUDE_MINTEMP && !allow_cold_extrude)
{
position[E_AXIS]=target[E_AXIS]; //behave as if the move really took place, but ignore E part
SERIAL_ECHO_START;
SERIAL_ECHOLNPGM(MSG_ERR_COLD_EXTRUDE_STOP);
KWMarvel wrote:It was able to retract even while cooled before.
No, it wasn't.
Check your PM
Hey guys. Still a noob and I need some help! Just got my Solidoodle a few days ago and everything was printing fine. Now the wheels that extrude and retract the filament are not responding when I hit the buttons in Repetier. I have looked online for a solution but I havnt really found anything. If you guys could help me out that would be great! I need to start printing soon :0 Thanks!
The extruder will not move unless the hot end is up to a min temp. If your are unable to extrude or retract once up to temp let me know and I would be happy to help you out.
Thanks man! Really appreciate it. I have the extruder at 200C but its still not retracting or extracting. Still nothing in my PM box.
Thanks man! Really appreciate it. I have the extruder at 200C but its still not retracting or extracting. Still nothing in my PM box.
He was talking to me about PMs.
Is it actually at 200C, or just set there? What's it say at the bottom of repetier-host (RH)?
Just saw these warnings on the bottom of my screen. Extruder is reading 200.50C
16:58:49.124 : A device attached to the system is not functioning.
16:58:54.785 : A device attached to the system is not functioning.
16:59:01.704 : A device attached to the system is not functioning.
16:59:48.289 : A device attached to the system is not functioning.
17:01:19.360 : FIRMWARE_NAME:Marlin V1; Sprinter/grbl mashup for Printrboard FIRMWARE_URL:http://www.solidoodle.com/how-to-2/how-to-update-firmware/ PROTOCOL_VERSION:1.0 MACHINE_TYPE:Solidoodle_3 EXTRUDER_COUNT:1
17:01:19.360 : echo:Active Extruder: 0
17:01:24.544 : echo: cold extrusion prevented
17:01:26.040 : echo: cold extrusion prevented
So to be clear - the extruder is reading ~200C, you click the down arrow, nothing happens, and no new entry occurs in the log?
Just saw these warnings on the bottom of my screen. Extruder is reading 200.50C
16:58:49.124 : A device attached to the system is not functioning.
16:58:54.785 : A device attached to the system is not functioning.
16:59:01.704 : A device attached to the system is not functioning.
16:59:48.289 : A device attached to the system is not functioning.
17:01:19.360 : FIRMWARE_NAME:Marlin V1; Sprinter/grbl mashup for Printrboard FIRMWARE_URL:http://www.solidoodle.com/how-to-2/how-to-update-firmware/ PROTOCOL_VERSION:1.0 MACHINE_TYPE:Solidoodle_3 EXTRUDER_COUNT:1
17:01:19.360 : echo:Active Extruder: 0
17:01:24.544 : echo: cold extrusion prevented
17:01:26.040 : echo: cold extrusion prevented
Sorry about that had to step away for a minute.
You should start by checking your connections. If it was working fine before it would seem to me that you should pay attention to the extruder and thermistor connections.
And yes I was talking to elmoret about PM
If you would rather move the conversation there just PM me.
It has started working again. I undid the side wheel and brushed a bit with a new unused toothbrush before it was heated up. Just clicked the the extrude and retract buttons and it works fine now. Thanks for assisting me guys! This community is pretty great and responds fast!
Glad you got it figured out.
I just think its clogged now. The filament is coming out very thin and curly.
Do you know how to clean it out?
I saw the video with trying to purge it out with a fresh filament, but its not working out. There is filament coming out gradually though. I heard acetone could do it, but im a little iffy disassembling the machine.
Watching this video now to look into cleaning it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQohJtS4wrE
What temp do you have it running at now?
I bumped it up to 205 to try and melt out any cloggs as the guy in the video demonstrated. Still clogged i believe
So you can pull it apart and try to clean it out or try the guitar string trick. My advice would be to just order the E3D.
guitar string? what note? 
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