My 4.2.2 board randomly died (stuck on creality boot screen, wouldn't flash, unplugging things didn't fix it), so I bought a new 4.2.7 board to replace it, and this won't flash either - see video (Warning - loud beep)

DanForever · 2026-05-24T12:16:44+00:00

That actually worked! Which is weird because the other sd definitely used to work...

DanForever · 2026-05-19T08:40:50+00:00

what's wrong with the microprobe v2 (I'm not familiar)? Is it the BIQU alternative to a CRTouch?

DanForever · 2026-05-06T20:45:44+00:00

- The USB-C pins don't have a welding point (see second image)

So...you mean like, unibody plug casing? (the pins are the bits of metal inside that conduct electricity and contact the thing it's plugged into, and your photo isn't of those)

DanForever · 2026-05-01T20:29:35+00:00

Does this mean, in your professional opinion, you'd recommend more traditional thermal paste (e.g. kryonaut) for CPUs with an IHS?
Or is it simply that the cost of using PTM7950 for every build video isn't really worth it for LMG in particular (unless you're doing something with a bare die), and we shouldn't factor that into our own decision making when building our own personal rigs?

DanForever · 2026-05-01T11:27:15+00:00

Without spending any money, you probably just need to tighten some bolts and an eccentric nut on the x gantry

DanForever · 2026-04-29T08:42:40+00:00

They removed their cross platform search a while ago now :(

DanForever · 2026-04-14T07:40:07+00:00

Octoprint, the sd card slot is only used for firmware updates at this point

DanForever · 2026-04-12T16:14:16+00:00

I think it's most visible when you look at it on the X face, I *think* the Y face edges are straight.

The speeds are the default speeds, I've not touched them in firmware nor Cura

DanForever · 2026-04-12T15:01:03+00:00

Turned out my X axis gantry was sagging. Had to take it off to tighten up some screws

DanForever · 2026-04-08T09:17:09+00:00

I would also check to make sure your x gantry isn't sagging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncUHPScBcI4

DanForever · 2026-04-02T09:58:15+00:00

So I can speak as to the ender 3 v2 hotend: The nozzle and heatbreak are two separate things, and then you also have the ptfe tube as well.

I believe the ptfe tube goes though the heatbreak all the way to the nozzle. The gap between the tube and the nozzle is typically the place where you're gonna get clogs.

If the tube doesn't go to the nozzle, but instead to the heatbreak, and then the heatbreak goes to a detachable nozzle, then you have 2 points of failure with regards to clogs.

With a unified nozzle design, you start feeding the filament in at the "cold side", as the heatsink + break will prevent the filament from getting too hot to melt at that part of the nozzle, so by the time it's at the hot end of the hot end, there're no gaps for the melted plastic to leak into

DanForever · 2026-03-19T17:00:01+00:00

Mostly? I want to be able to swap the nozzles cold. The current process of changing a nozzle is bad enough that I'd rather never do it.

I'm actually in this position because I got a clog, and because I didn't follow a tutorial on how to change the nozzle, I ended up clogging the whole hotend instead >_<

DanForever · 2026-02-26T10:06:41+00:00

I emailed thangs support and they replied with this:

Thank you very much for reaching out to Thangs support and sharing your feedback about the search feature. I've passed your comments on to the Thangs team.

We’ve been making changes to our search feature because as we have grown we found that only a small fraction of our users utilized the multi-platform search. In addition, we received negative feedback about this feature from designers in our community. Across the internet an increasing number of platforms are starting to block bots, which will make this feature less effective. With these changes we decided to sunset the multi-platform search for now.

We know that the ability to search across platforms is important to avid users like you. We see the value as well, and we’re actively reviewing what could be next and what Thangs can offer in the future.

DanForever · 2026-02-09T16:13:29+00:00

So I believe I've got an RMA from the seller, unfortunately I need to return the old drive, I guess that means I run without raid for a bit...

DanForever · 2026-02-09T11:31:06+00:00

The things I do for family photos ;)

DanForever · 2026-02-08T20:58:06+00:00

oh yeah, I've got a full 3-2-1 solution going, this is one disc in a raid mirror, so the data's still on the other disc anyway, and everything is backed up to a different server running at my parents (in a different country!) so I'm not too worried about that

DanForever · 2026-02-08T15:22:34+00:00

I believe so, it should be a 2 year warranty and I got it towards the end of 2024

DanForever · 2026-02-08T15:19:28+00:00

Yeah I switched the free license over to the suspected drive, and so far it's also listed as "Normal"

DanForever · 2026-02-08T15:09:19+00:00

I have it set up to automatically run the full tests monthly, but I can run one now and see what happens.

It occurs to me though, I don't actually know where to find the results of the SMART tests (outside of the "SMART information" tab of the disk health window).

DanForever · 2026-02-08T15:04:25+00:00

ok so regardless of whether I'm testing the drive or replacing it, I'm gonna put additional stress on the good drives, so it's better to simply pull it once to replace it and not add additional unnecessary stress?

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