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How to tell if I have TMC2208 or A4988 Drivers on Creality Silent V4.2.3 Board?

I have a new Creality Ender 2 Pro with a Creality 4.2.3 mainboard. I'm attempting to compile Marlin to fix a bug. How can I tell what driver chips I have on this board? I've narrowed it down to likely A4988 or TMC2208_STANDALONE or possibly the…
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Ender 3 Pro will not auto home correctly after mainboard & BLTouch upgrades

I made two updates to my Ender 3 Pro: Silent Mainboard and BLTouch. My printer head is way out of sync now. After I Auto Home, it moves along the X-axis to the left, hits the stop switch & moves back to the right. It does not move at all on the…
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Difference between Creality V2.1/V2.2 boards? Where to find datasheets?

I can't find an official datasheet for either board. Does anyone know where to find this information? Something that has max voltages, pinouts, etc. Also, what's the difference between the V2.1 and the V2.2?
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Fine tuning Creality Print to print a medallion on my K1

I am new to 3D printing. I have an STL model for a 2.5" medallion I want to print on my Creality K1 (1.75 mm PLA filament through a 0.4 mm nozzle) via Creality Print 6.1. Speed and temperature settings are defaults (220 °C nozzle, outer wall speed…
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Creality K1C printing holes as ovals not circles

I've had five Creality K1C CoreXY 3D printers for about four months. Recently, one of them started having issues where the printed holes aren't coming out as circles and the parts aren't accurate. I'm using the same G-code that works perfectly on my…
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Why is my Ender 3 nozzle z-axis raising before printing?

I just finished building my Ender 3 printer but the nozzle randomly goes up on the z-axis but won't go back down. Because of this, the filament isn't sticking to the bed and is just being dragged around whenever the nozzle moves. P.S. I am using the…
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Do you need the front fan on Ender 3 Pro?

I have a heating problem on my Ender 3 Pro. I changed the thermistor and the 40 W heater but still the printer will just heat to 200 °C. So I unplugged the front fan that runs constantly, and, yes, now it reaches 260 °C. Can I run my printer like…
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In Creality slicer, which settings should be adjusted to reduce the contact area between a support and an overhang?

In Creality slicer, which settings would you change to reduce the amount of surface area from the supporting structure that makes contact with overhangs on the model you are printing. For example, if you are printing the object pictured below, and…
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Creality Ender 6 Heating Failed

There is a message on my Ender 6 that is telling my that my heating failed. This happened last night in the middle of a print. I have cycled the power like the screen says but the nozzle does not heat up. The print bed heats up just fine. The nozzle…
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Is it possible to run 2 Ender 3's off one power supply?

I have 2 Ender 3's and I am limited to wall sockets to power both the printers at the same time. So I was wondering if it was possible to wire both the printers to a single PSU? As the printer uses a single xt60 connecter for power to the mainboard,…
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Is Creality Ender 3 V2 Supposed To Come With Board V 4.2.2?

I recently purchased a Creality Ender 3 V2 ~1 month ago, and just yesterday installed a BLTouch. When looking at the motherboard, I noticed my board version is 4.2.2. Isn't the Ender 3 V2 supposed to come with a V 4.2.7 board? Did Creality…
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Ender 3 Pro Beeping when Hot End Reaches 100 ºC

A little context might be important to troubleshoot this: Last year, I have changed the extruder and the entire hot end piece of my Ender 3 Pro. One day, while cleaning the nozzle with a metallic brush, something on it short circuited and this…
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I want to change default start position to the center of Creality CR 10 Smart Pro

Currently my 3D printer starts all projects from the lower left corner of the heatbed. I want to change the default setting to make the center of the heatbed the default position. However, I have not found any documentation on how to do this. Can…
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What is the shaded area that appears around the outside of objects in Creality Slicer?

I'm using Creality Slicer, brims and other anti-warming or adhesion settings are all turned off. when I place an object on the bed a shaded area appears around it (See picture). Is this simply the area in which you can't print anything else in…
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HALOT BOX makes objects with support move up

I'm trying to slice some models using the default HALOT BOX software from Creality, which comes with the Halot One resin 3D printer. I've oriented them at 45 degrees, and am using supports. When I come to slice the models, the models all jump up a…
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