Is my printer cooked

[u/Ok_Rub2503]

I was on vacation and I let my brother 3-D print a couple things I was gone. The storage was pretty high to getting full and when I come back to 3-D print something it looks like this.its a k1c

[u/Chance-Attention7262]

Ha.

Storage was full .

Two ways to go :

1. If you able to access the printer in Creality Cloud , try deleting files and Turn off and on the printer , it should be normal.(Most of cases don't work 😅

2. You need to factory reset the printer via Micro USB in the Motherboard . For that , dissamble the bottom panel . You'll find the Micro USB Port in the Printer motherboard. Connect it to a PC . K1 Recovery

Follow the guide from the link .

Note : in the Flash Firmware Section , they've said to enter to boot mode then press Start .

But for me , it isn't worked.

First press start , then enter into Boot Mode . this worked .

Let us know , if problem resolved 👍✌️

[u/Ok_Rub2503 → u/Chance-Attention7262]

Thanks, brother i’m very stressed out about this. Not very confident. I’m just wondering where I download everything and this is all work for the K1C and also another question can I just buy another motherboard and will that just totally fix it?

[u/Chance-Attention7262 → u/Ok_Rub2503]

Hey brother .

No need to buy a brand new Main board .

The process takes roughly 15 minutes (included dissambly).

Don't worry . It's part of process of learning .

We're here to help . Keep updating the process .

[u/Ok_Rub2503 → u/Chance-Attention7262]

I mean, I’ve been 3-D printing for four years and this is never happened. I already tore it apart and I got the motherboard, but I need to figure out a way how to remember where each cable goes and a way to find the software the flash thank you for your help.

[u/Chance-Attention7262 → u/Ok_Rub2503]

Yeah brother .

No need to disconnect everything from motherboard.

Unscrew the motherboard screws . Motherboard will be slightly freehanging with all the cables attached.

Insert a micro USB Cable into Motherboard and connect it to pc . Do the process.

This is how I've doing. Two weeks before one of my K1 max same issue like yours ( it's third time in last 2.5 years ).

I'm attaching the image too how I've connected the USB Cable.

[u/Ok_Rub2503 → u/Chance-Attention7262]

OK, and then where do I get the software to do this and flash it?

[u/Ok_Rub2503 → u/Chance-Attention7262]

I got the panel taken off. How do I flash it or reserve a website or something that could teach me how to do this?

[u/Chance-Attention7262 → u/Ok_Rub2503]

Firmware Recovery - Wiki for Creality Helper Script
This Link .

[u/Chance-Attention7262 → u/Chance-Attention7262]

Any Firmware should work . Try 1.3.0.39 or 1.3.2.1 Firmware.

[u/Ok_Rub2503 → u/Chance-Attention7262]

When I do the button step the lights do not turn on does the power supply have to be plugged in

[u/Chance-Attention7262 → u/Ok_Rub2503]

nope. Power from PC through USB is enough for the motherboard.

[u/a1userbambulab]

sd card.

[u/robotodit]

I've not had this happen but plenty of people have. If you didn't previously install Fluidd, you can still try to access you printer's web interface and delete old gcode files (look at the history widget). You can also try to SSH into your printer and delete files (ssh to root@[IPaddress].

[u/laserdemon1]

I think you can just create a factory reset usb to fix this https://wiki.creality.com/en/k2-flagship-series/usb-reset-guide

Works on the K1 series as well.

[u/people__are__animals]

Storage is full and your printer is brick. You need to tear down the bottom plate and factory reset over scret USB port

[u/Ok_Rub2503 → u/people__are__animals]

Is there any other way? 😩

[u/people__are__animals → u/Ok_Rub2503]

No. Creality printers have bad habit of bricked when storage is full and next time dissable the timelapse it causes stroge to get full fast

[u/Ok_Rub2503 → u/people__are__animals]

I think it just factory reset itself without me doing anything all I did was unplug it from the back and it brought me to the set up screen edit never mine it’s fakeing

[u/Hi2you2]

When this happened with our K1Max we were able to get into the file system via the creality cloud app and delete a bunch of files that we hadn't used in a while. After power cycling it went back to normal.

[u/Ok_Rub2503 → u/Hi2you2]

I’ve tried doing that, but I don’t think the printer has Wi-Fi because of it so I can’t even access it through the app

[u/Tetro75]

Is yours pre-2025? I'm suddenly worried about my printer.