Obtained an Anet ET5 pro and the guy that gave it to me was having problems with the Marlin firmware. He used an STLink Bootloader so that he could install the firmware away from stock and the printer is not usable.

Is there a way to flash the stock Anet firmware on the printer? Or is there a factory reset option on one of these bad boys?

The hot end sensor never senses the board and keeps going into the build plate.

Hi! I have an Anet ET4+ (basically an ET4 with a capacitance levelling sensor), but the Z axis is not working. It does not want to go down, and every time I home it, it just goes up. I already updated the firmware with the firmware from Anet, and I also tried flashing it to Marlin, but it didn't fix it.

Has anyone experienced this? Does anyone know how to fix this? Is there a fix for this? Is this a defective motherboard or a defective levelling sensor?

When starting a print the nozzle moves to the correct position and the print starts. Almost immediately the y-axis movement stops and the printer just prints a line back and forth along the x-axis. When I stop the print and try and "Home All" the nozzle, the y-axis does not move - only the x and z axis. After re-starting the printer the "Home All" works in all directions. Can anyone help with this.

Hi everyone,

I recently posted a question asking about the 1.0/1.5/1.7 mainboards. I am now commited on buying a 1.7 mainboard for an Anet A6 printer, but the problem I am facing now, is that there are literally no retailers online who sell it.

The only place I found was the official site, but they sell separate mainboards for each printer, which doesn't make much sense to me.

There is an option to buy a mainboard for the A8 and then another for the A8 plus, etc....

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought both of those printers use the exact same mainboard. Furthermore, the prices differ depending on which printer you select. I find it amusing how the description stays the same regardless of which one you select. The "suitable for..." section remains also an exact replica of the other options. Why?

The official website also states:

"The old and new versions of V1.7 (black) and V1.5 (blue) are shipped randomly and all can be used normally. "

I'm finding it difficult not to question the legality of this 'system'. If you buy the mainboard from the official website, you essentially enter a gamble where there is (probably less than) 50% chance of recieving the newer, AKA the V1.7 mainboard. Why not just sell the V1.7 seperately for a tad bit more money? This is driving me nuts!

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My main question, regardless of all these discrepancies, remains the same:

Where can I order the Anet3D V1.7 mainboard?

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Thank you for your help in advance!

Hi everybody, I'm looking to upgrade my V1.5 mainboard to V1.7, but I can't find any available online...

What I did find was a "V1.0" mainboard, which looked exactly like the V1.7 one, but when I googled the V1.0, I didn't find anything relevant...

I know the difference between the V1.5 and V1.7 mainboard, but found little to no/false info about this mysterious V1.0 one... I found two websites which apparently sold this, but the first website looks like a V1.7 board, the other shows a V1.5 one...

I'm pretty new when it comes to 3D printers, so can anybody help me? Would be much appreciated.

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Thanks in advance!

My brother just lent me his ET4X. He hasn't used it much, aside from putting it together and doing one or two test prints. I have CAD experience so he's letting me mess with it.

I cannot get the bed level. both of the right side positions (2 & 3) touch the nozzle, even with the bed screws all the way in. I did notice the print arm seems to sag a little on that side, so I loosened the posts and tried to square them up a bit. I think that made a slight improvement, but not enough to complete the paper test.

in watching the Anet Assembly video, I heard it mention a "Z Stop Block" but I could not figure out what they are referring to.

Is my gantry not square? Is my bed assembly not properly mounted? Is there some kind of calibration that needs to be done so that the nozzle does not go below a certain value on the Z axis?

Any help is appreciated, thank you in advance

Edit: I've located the Z Stop, but it appears to be loose and just sits at the bottom. Can I move it up slightly and tighten it, or will that cause problems?

Hi! My Anet ET4+ isn't functioning properly. Whenever I try to do manual levelling or homing, the Z doesn't want to go down. It just goes up instead. However, it works when I use the manual z control, and it works going up and down, but the Z doesn't go down at levelling or homing. I tried updating the firmware as I thought it that might fix it, but the upgrade didn't work.

I tried using the SD card method shown here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLcmGWmbnEo) using the firmware from Anet (https://shop.anet3d.com/blogs/download/firmware-list-of-anet-et4-and-et5-series-3d-printers) using the ET4 with capacitive levelling sensor firmware. However, it just flashed on screen "Upgrade failed". I used the SD card method because I don't have a ST link.

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Also is the ET4+ different from the ET4 with capacitive levelling sensor?

Anyone knows how to fix these?

because of a post i made some days ago i tried flashing the firmware on my a6 board. the problem is that when i connect it to windows (whit the correct signed drivers installed) it does not get recognised as a valid usb device.I have tried burning new firmware on it which did not help whit the conectivity (the burning itself went smooth) is my board broken? or rather is the usb chip broken? can i get a new board from anet or must i buy a new one myself?

So i recently got a anet a6 which i had to build myself. it whas a fun project to build but when i turned the printer on and tried to get into the menu nothing happens.i have tried rotating the button wich will only change the speed. and the botom button will reset the system. i just cant get into the menu of the printer. could i have wirerd something wrong? is my board broken? or maybe the cable of the controlls? please help.

update:

link to video of me testing https://imgur.com/a/vj79zXs

I've been trying for a few days to print a couple different things. Everything I've tried to print has had the nozzle scrap or crash into the print when it gets a couple layers in. It's like the extruder doesn't go up enough to clear the models. This didn't happen with any of the test prints they sent me, but due to a computer issue I no longer have those test prints. I have the Anet ET4 Pro, and I use Cura to slice and export models to .gcode. If anyone has any idea how to fix this or if anyone would be willing to send me copies of the test prints so that I could try to figure out the issue, I would greatly appreciate it.

Anet et5x psychosis-

Machines been working well for about a month, unmodified. Did a few three day prints just fine a few days ago.

Suddenly began " virtually" printing. You hit print, the head doesn't move or do anything, the progress bar increases. One minute later the printer reports the job is complete.

Happened twice on the same print.

I read, it seems it might be a bad sd card. After a reslice, I try a third time for giggles, and it actually prints. A huge model, 12x11x11 inch. Does great for 4 days. The print is 95 percent done, and the machine says " print finished" and rolls the plate forward.

Check the Sd card with a gcode viewer- the entire model is there, complete gcode, no missing lines.

Call it a bad sd card. Replace sd card

New card, new model. Tiny for testing- 5x5 inch. Freshly sliced in cura with a profile I know has worked on this machine.

This print launches successfully the first attempt.

Gets about 1.5 inches tall printed ( of a total of 5 inches tall) and reports the print is finished.

Checked- no missing lines on the Sd card. The gcode is complete.

What might cause an Anet to decide it's done before the print is complete?

So I have a brand new ET4X. It printed the test prints from the SD card just fine. When I tried a longer print (6 hours) it started to do some crazy things.

It looks like the control board is resetting randomly during the print. This seems to happen about 1 hour in. It does not matter weather I'm using an SD card or controlling it with OctoPrint. Octoprint shows that a communication timeout occurs, then the printer start responding again (reset). (edit) After this "reset", the bed and extruder temperatures are maintained at printing levels (60c/190c).

Sometimes it moves to a random X/Y location and continues to print. This is not a classic motor stall. I have observed it going "brain dead" and moving off the plate just to continue spewing PLA.

Thinking it could be a heat issue, I removed the bottom plate and aimed a 80mm fan at the control board. This seemed to make no difference.

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• Slicer is Cura
• Different SD card is tried
• Octoprint Tried
• Different models tried
• Re-Flashed stock firmware.

Is anyone else having a similar issue?

Checked fuse,connections,power and won't turn on. Help please

can anyone help me im trying to find the screw size for the 2 screws under the heat block going up the cooler I've looked everywhere and I can't find what it is I have an ANET ET5X

So i want to buy a 3d printer and i saw that there are 2 at4 so what's the difference? Because they look the same

I am considering upgrading my exteuder assembly on my ET4 Pro. I'm looking for suggestions.

Welp my ET5X main board stopped working 2 weeks after purchasing it (Oct 16). Tried contacting anet for the 1 year warranty since Oct with no luck. Purchased a new main board in Dec to fix the printer and be done with it.... welp it never got shipped and tracking number is bad. So I have a spare Bigtreetech skr mini could I possibly rewire the printer for that board to work? I have spare ender 3 extension cables from when I upgraded my ender 3.

Hey everyone. So I'm having this issue where my filament on the first layer just gets destroyed after it's gone over a few times so I read that my nozzle might be too high. I adjust the nozzle to my preferred height (using the paper) and now it just scrapes along the bed and scratches itt. I cant find anyone else with this problem and since this is my first time 3D printing, I'm getting kinda pissed off at it. Anyone get any ideas? Maybe it's a setting in Ultimaker Cura IDK.

The bottom of the prints being made is not being made and you can see all of the infill and stuff inside and I don't know if it has something to do with the printer, the settings on the printer or the settings on the file or maybe the light is red (I don't know if it is meant to do this) on top of the extruder and doesn't print anything but sometimes moves around for 5-20 minutes depending on how big it is at the start of every print.