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Rick Avra
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Display not working on MK4S

My MK4S had been working fine until I booted it today and the display did not light up at all - nothing. It is like the display isn't powered. However, the fans ran fine and I was even able to print once using PrusaConnect. My last boot was a couple weeks ago but I believe on that boot I upgraded to firmware 6.4 so that seems suspicious.

I contacted support and they asked me to re-seat the display ribbon cable but that didn't help. They suggested I downgrade to firmware 6.2.6 (tricky without a display but I think I did it) and that didn't help either. Unfortunately, after that one print once the display went dark, the printer no longer connects to the network anymore so no PrusaConnect. However, it still seems like it boots fine - i.e. the fans run for about 5 seconds then stop and then I hear the beep.

Support said they'd have to think about this for a few days so I'm posting here hoping someone else has some suggestions I can try in the mean time.

I could try to "ohm out" the ribbon cable to see if there is a broken wire but I hate to just waste time if that isn't a suspect. Again, the printer ran fine until today and it hasn't been moved or anything. The only recent change was the firmware upgrade.

 

 

Posted : 12/01/2026 4:47 am
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