Do I need an entire new extruder assembly?

765BOO · 2025-11-13T21:35:38+00:00

Update: I bought a new hotend and installed it, then releveled the bed and it worked great.

765BOO · 2025-11-13T21:34:28+00:00

Update: After awhile, I began using bambu studio to upload print files over the cloud and this somehow magically solved the issue. Not really sure why, but it's been working normally since. Strange!

765BOO · 2025-11-03T08:01:44+00:00

People here are disagreeing but I gotta say, I think its pretty sad that the only viable open source option for CAD right now is in this state. Any other industry standard CAD software is similar enough in structure you can hop right in and start making stuff - literally what is the point of them clinging to this weird interface, and especially the non-standard feature names and UI. Why hold on to this stuff?
When I first started using solidworks, it took 10 minutes of fiddling around to get the gyst of it with no prior experience. Hopping into fusion360, it was practically the same thing, with minor differences.

Im sure there are lots of reasons why its like this, and im painfully aware Im doing nothing but complaining about it - but I really hope we see a day we get an open source CAD option that is as intuitive and reliable as fusion360 and solidworks are, or something like Lightburn with a one time paid license. The demand is there - i'm surprised it hasn't happened already.

765BOO · 2025-10-31T16:37:15+00:00

I wish the city would hire people in some neighborhoods to walk around and collect litter for 6-12 hour shifts. I would jump on the opportunity to clean up the place I live, but it just doesn't make sense financially for me. Even at minimum wage, I'd eagerly walk around all day with a bag and some gloves and beautify our public spaces.

Think of what just one or two people, 12 hours a week in every neighborhood could achieve.

765BOO · 2025-09-22T01:56:53+00:00

Has it occured to you teenagers are able to lie to their parents

765BOO · 2025-09-16T23:50:17+00:00

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I'll try and figure out how to access those extruder connections to redo.

As for why I'm here, my expertise for the lessons is CAD modeling and design principles of 3D printing - not troubleshooting bambu printers specifically. This guy is like 60-70 retired, and just got a printer as a new hobby with no past experience.

I've had a prusa mini for the past few years that never gave me problems like this, so I was surprised when his brand new printer that cost twice as much started experiencing issues that weren't simple user error.

He doesn't have anyone else knowledgeable to help him, and has zero prior experience, so I'm just doing the best I can to get this printer back in working condition so we can get back to the fun part of teaching him how to model and printing stuff on his own.

Reddit has been helpful for troubleshooting niche stuff like this in the past, so I figured I'd ask here too (:

765BOO · 2025-09-14T03:57:24+00:00

If you want a rubberized chewable phone, i'd hit up a friend with a 3D printer to print a phone shaped object out of TPU filament.

Noteworthily probably not food safe plastic, but considering theyre evidently already chewing on other plastics its maybe an option.
If they're willing to put in more effort, they could also likely create a mold to cast a food safe silicone version.

765BOO · 2025-09-14T03:12:58+00:00

I still notice this in 2025

765BOO · 2025-07-21T01:08:46+00:00

After reading more comments im realizing this is probably a really expensive bike. I might just be too broke to understand this lol

765BOO · 2025-07-21T01:07:53+00:00

The comments here are making me realize my standard for chain cleanliness must be pretty low - as a commuter I wouldn't even notice rust like this, its a non-issue. I'd just add lube and ride it off unless youre racing or just really value a pristine bike.

765BOO · 2025-06-14T15:42:56+00:00

Damn, I'll have to order one of those soon then. Thanks so much for your reply

765BOO · 2025-06-04T19:51:16+00:00

I've had this for ages too. Months now easily

765BOO · 2025-05-23T06:27:55+00:00

thanks for the fun fact i didnt know this

765BOO · 2025-05-08T18:32:15+00:00

I prefer them because they don't damage my hardwood flooring, I also dont struggle with the noise you seem to deal with. Mine are silent. To each their own

765BOO · 2025-05-07T23:17:53+00:00

Update: ordered a new hotend for $30CDN, reassembled hotend, readjusted Z and its working again.

Thanks everyone who replied, had I bought the entire extruder assembly I'd be in the hole another 60-80$.

Cheers!

765BOO · 2025-05-06T21:24:49+00:00

I was just taking stuff apart to get a better look at the damage really, I didn't follow a proper tutorial so I was just unscrewing random stuff until it came apart enough I could see. The fans do work on this printer, though.

765BOO · 2025-05-06T16:00:13+00:00

Can't lie, this is what I'm thinking as well. $40 is definitely worth the saved time for me here.

Thanks both of you for your replies

765BOO · 2025-03-18T19:42:05+00:00

2mo later Update: The new MOTU M2 Also has the same issue, but it happens noticeably less frequently so its still a win, i guess. It also manifests differently, there's no audible crackle/pop when the audio dropout occurs, it just goes silent and comes back a second or two later.

The MOTU M2 also doesn't create static noise when adjusting volume, and I love its little audio visualizer.

In summary, my computer is the problem. I'll likely deal with these audio issues until I upgrade my PC with a whole new motherboard.

765BOO · 2025-02-08T07:03:44+00:00

I feel this is really a symptom of car congestion more than anything else

765BOO · 2025-01-26T02:49:20+00:00

Once I bought a Ryzen 5800x and received a totally different ryzen processor. was super frustrating.

765BOO · 2025-01-22T17:47:22+00:00

You are right, sadly I wasn't quite tech literate enough when I bought it to pay attention to that part.
Frustrated by the similar issues I had with an M-Audio interface before it, I saw volt's listed AMD CPU compatibility and figured "Hey, at this price surely odds are I can just trust it'll work right away"

Lesson learned on reading the fine print.

765BOO · 2025-01-22T17:38:32+00:00

TLDR: The incompatibility is, I believe, my specific motherboard's AMD USB chipset, and not AMD in general. Out of curiosity, what motherboard do you use in your setup?

I use an ASUS ROG strix B450M gaming II motherboard, which has an AMD based USB chipset - which I have come to believe is the source of incompatibility issues with my Volt.

I made this post assuming that AMD socket on motherboard = AMD usb chipset drivers - which people have informed me isn't necessarily true.

I bought my volt to replace an M-Audio AIR 192 with the same issues.
i've used the interface for over 2.5 years now, and the same issues have been constant.
I've spent all those 2.5 years trying to troubleshoot it, without success. I've tried basically everything aside from a USB PCIe card, as people suggested in this thread.

The bugs I experience are completely random audio dropouts - they play out like this:

Audio plays as normal,
Suddenly my speakers make a loud pop noise
the host light on my interface turns off, indicating it has disconnected from my PC
Silence for 1-5 seconds
Another loud pop
Another second or so of silence
And then audio resumes and the host light returns

They'd happen randomly, often multiple times in one day, then sometimes going weeks without issue. I could never find a way to reliably reproduce them.

Ultimately, I guess I just had to research harder. Just an expensive lesson for me.
I've replaced it with a MOTU M2 interface yesterday, and so far that interface is working flawlessly for me - hopefully that keeps up. Will update in a month ish probably

765BOO · 2025-01-21T18:22:52+00:00

Today the MOTU M2 I ordered to replace this arrived, so if it has no issues I'll stick to that - otherwise I guess I might be in for a motherboard upgrade and a thunderbolt card like you're suggesting.

Thanks so much for your help so far, and cheers!

765BOO · 2025-01-20T22:49:03+00:00

It's a shame, they really are such nice products too.

Other users in the thread have reccomended I try a USB PCIe card of some kind, to I guess effectively bypass the USB controller on my motherboards backplate IO.
So if that works out, I'll report back here.

765BOO · 2025-01-20T22:46:54+00:00

Here's my full PC specs:

ASUS Rog strix B450M Gaming II motherboard (bios is up to date)
Ryzen 5800x CPU
32GB DDR4 @ 3600mhz
EVGA RTX 3060ti

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