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Jack
 Jack
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TMC drive overtemp durin calibration process

Hi All,

I've bought a MK3S Prusa kit 3 months ago but I could achieve assembling it only during my Christmas break.

Everything was going great until calibration process. The printed achieved X, Y and Z axis calibrations as well those linked to PINDA sensor. I was then doing the FIRST LAYER CALIBRATION (par. 6.3.9) when the LCD displayed this message :

TMC DRIVER OVERTEMP

I had a look on Knowledgebase and it seems to be a major problem with motherboard 🙁

What can I possibly verify ? I already check what was suggested in knowledgebase ?

You'll find the video of switching on process on my MK3S there :
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QaIqWk7K0fEe9k9xP6Q59O6z7x3KhwZr?usp=sharing

As you can observe, the printer displays the error message shortly after the power switch is put ON.

I can provide more informations/photos/videos if needed.

Happy New Year ans Happy Printing to all !

This topic was modified před 4 years by Jack
Napsal : 05/01/2021 2:29 pm
Baklin
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RE: TMC drive overtemp durin calibration process

I had a look at the knowledge base.

 

Have you re installed the firmware to see if that helps?

As the error shows right after power on, I wouldn't think it is really a high temp problem.

The last step in the KB looks like the next to check after the firmware.

After power on the left fan normally spins for a few seconds. Does your do that?

Have you checked the all connections to the einsy board? Maybe a bend pin in one of the connectors that creates a short. Or pinched cable.

Napsal : 05/01/2021 9:40 pm
Jack
 Jack
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Topic starter answered:
RE: TMC drive overtemp durin calibration process

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I didnt change the firmware. I'm newbie to Prusa printer so I wonder how and if it is possible to do this since the displaying message apprears shortly after power on. Still I've managed to get firmware version : 3.9.0-3421 (see new photos posted on gdrive). Are you able to tell which firmware version is known to be stable ?

After power on both fans spin on as well (as it can be seen on new video I pushed on gdrive)

I'll double check all connectors later this day. I opened the einsy board box and on a first look I didn't see any choking situation...

Again thanks for your help, I've contacted Prusa support but still waiting for a response...

Napsal : 06/01/2021 11:34 am
Jack
 Jack
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Topic starter answered:
RE: TMC drive overtemp durin calibration process

I tried to flash the printer. I had an error 🙁 This is the produced log. It says the verification process failed (whole log on GDRIVE)

avrdude-slic3r: verifying ...
avrdude-slic3r: verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0000
0xa0 != 0xa5
avrdude-slic3r: verification error; content mismatch

avrdude-slic3r done. Thank you.
Napsal : 06/01/2021 6:54 pm
Jack
 Jack
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Topic starter answered:
RE: TMC drive overtemp durin calibration process

Eventually I was able to flash the printer with 3.9.2 firmware with a second try. It didn't eliminate the problem 🙁

Napsal : 06/01/2021 8:32 pm
Jack
 Jack
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Topic starter answered:
RE: TMC drive overtemp durin calibration process

I was able to get online support. The EINSY board has to be returned to Prusa...

The thing I hope is that it was not coming from my assembly. It was working fine during the calibration of X Y and Z axis, I was happy to see my assembled Prusa working. Then, close to the end of calibration process, it goes wrong. I hope it's only a bad luck. The support said :

It may be a little short laying within the board's circuit, it is a good practice to wear anti-static gloves when handling chips and boards like that but other causes may have caused a similar issue too : it simply is not always possible to identify a problem like that remotely in a sure way
This post was modified před 4 years by Jack
Napsal : 06/01/2021 9:00 pm
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