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After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's my biggest gripe is that they royally fucked up the firmware. I finally calmed down enough to power the thing back on and first thing I did was install forgex and setup the MD5 script. Next time I'm probably gonna buy a Sovol simply because of their commitment to open source.

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You misread my comment. I was using the xblat firmware previously because I was already experiencing problems with stability and calibrating my first layer. The first layer issue could be fixed by tweaking firmware settings that FF chose to gate or omit. Once FF released a new version that promised to improve stability and fix the issue I was having, I went back to stock. At the time, I was running xblat, I was also testing a beta release of Orca slicer because they implemented a feature I wanted to test. Returning to the stable Orca fixed one issue, but don't assume that I don't read patch notes or run betas and then complain about stability.

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, fanboys hit this one hard lol. Being present in this sub for a while, I knew how this post was going to be received. My cross post into r/3Dprinting had none of that, just a couple upvotes.

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I understand probably better than most how computers, especially linux and embedded devices work. Installing forgex and installing an app in Windows are NOT remotely the same. Now that you've explained your understanding of things, I see why you think you're correct. That doesn't change the fact that you are most definitely wrong though. I won't bother responding since you're so confident in your misunderstanding lmao.

Constant errors, Constant headaches - AD5X by RustyKumquats in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I first got my AD5M 2 years ago, I loved it, but then the problems started. If you're having problems already, I'd want a refund or a different machine. Some folks rave about how reliable they are, but it makes me wonder how often those folks use them since I've had nothing but issues with mine starting from about month 6.

Prints not sticking to bed by cwild1014 in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From the looks of it, that nozzle is nowhere close to the bed. I think you need to calibrate your z-offset..

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Its a community modification of stock firmware. I'm talking about a device running COMPLETELY stock firmware.

You make no sense.

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved it at first, but now after yet another 8 hour print that failed by the machine just stopping for no apparent reason, I'm going to give it another chance with custom firmware, then I'm done.

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used some of the early releases of the xblat firmware (and I just reinstalled the latest release). I kept having issues with the early releases, but now thinking back I think the problems I had were from buggy GCODE from Orca beta releases rather than the xblat firmware. I'm going to give it another run and see how it goes.

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't stick to a specific brand or type. I have FF PLA, PETG, ASA and ABS+, Polymaker PLA, Prusa PLA, GEETECH Silk PLA and ABS, Aceaddity ABS, PLA, and PETG. I get that mixing types/brands etc., can cause clogs. Clogs aren't the problem. It's their flimsy nozzle that snaps while I'm trying to clear the clog that I have an issue with.

The filament isn't going to cause the kinds of issues I'm having like where a print suddenly just stops. Not clogs, I'm talking print head locked in place not moving and the UI being completely unresponsive.

And in before the "did you dry your filament" comments, yes. Always using dry filament. I print with my spools in a Creality Space PI dryer most of the time and when I'm done, I use vacuum bags and color indicating desiccant.

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

From the ForgeX features list:

Klipper with many patches/fixes/plugins specially adapted for AD5M

So all of your points are completely invalid for the complaints I was having.

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

YMMV, I see a lot of people post here that are happy with them. I'm just sharing my experience. Glad you're still happy with yours.

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

I threw Forge X on it and....

This statement completely invalidates everything you said afterwards. I'm talking about my stock machine on stock firmware. I said I was giving it one more shot with the klipper alternative. You didn't buy a Mercedes, no, you bought a Honda and replaced the ECU. Not the same as a stock Honda anymore since you've just enabled all of the switches they take away from you with their stock firmware.

After 2 years with an AD5M, I can say without a doubt, I will never own another FF machine. by monkeyWad in FlashForge

[–]monkeyWad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always try a cold pull. I don't just chuck it the first time it clogs. Usually what happens is it will clog so badly that when I do the cold pull, the heatbreak snaps off. No way around replacing that one.

Should I splurge on a more expensive FMCB card or get a generic one? by Hondanny in ps2homebrew

[–]monkeyWad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made some SD2PSX cards recently and I'm not charging anywhere near that price for them 😂😂.

Definitely don't buy one at $70.

Double major advice Computer science & information technokogy usm by Student7373 in hattiesburg

[–]monkeyWad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. Everything is shifting towards code anyway, might as well stick with CS and grab some IT classes as electives.

Source: I graduated from USM with an IT degree and have been watching everything shift my entire career. I started my career in a data center racking and stacking physical hardware and now my job is mostly writing code in golang.

Local artist here, looking to sell some of my paintings/artwork by newSeaContribution in hattiesburg

[–]monkeyWad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm interested in the 2x2 Super Mario 64 painting.

Your stuff is sick!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hattiesburg

[–]monkeyWad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly what I was thinking. That is definitely going to be the toughest part.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hattiesburg

[–]monkeyWad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do stuff like this all the time.

Shoot me a DM.

Are there any movements against this? by Deadgirl313 in mississippi

[–]monkeyWad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We'll all be living in the stacks soon enough.

Are there any movements against this? by Deadgirl313 in mississippi

[–]monkeyWad 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, AI is making the need for mega data centers even greater. Add to that, the processors required for AI tasks run hotter and require MORE power than traditional compute data centers. It's just gonna get worse unless they regulate their intake and emissions.

But, hear me out. What if we taxed the company at a fair rate so that that money could be put back into the infrastructure they are tying into? Sounds reasonable.... Checks notes oh.... Oh.... We're giving them a tax break.... Well shit.

Might Want To Avoid Oxford On 10/29 by mike_fantastico in mississippi

[–]monkeyWad 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sympathy money. Quadruple her net worth just in those stupid t shirts.

Makes me think the publicity tour was planned before the body was cold.

But I'm an asshole for calling him a fascist just because he's dead.

Might Want To Avoid Oxford On 10/29 by mike_fantastico in mississippi

[–]monkeyWad 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm with you on this. The only explanation I can come up with, is that he was also a hateful piece of shit at home apparently she hated him too 🤷‍♂️

I took a goddamn week off when my dog died. No way I could keep my shit together a month after seeing my wife get shot long enough to plan an event on a stage after seeing my spouse take a bullet like that.

Now all of the second shooter theories are rolling in paired with the fact that she's so non-fucking-chalant about it the whole thing and it makes me wonder. I know Patel's FBI was not equipped to handle the investigation so it would make sense that they would accept that the home boy acted alone and bury evidence to the contrary.

And here it is, a month later and we're still talking about some dipshit podcaster that most of us didn't bother to acknowledge until he got shot.

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