3D printer stoping while works

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I have an Aurora z605 (like a Prusa i3 adapted), I work in it since 2015 (I switched the extruder a lot of times, so I had to set and adjust the whole thing again many times). Now I am having a boring problem: the printer stop while the printing is happening, the X and Y axis stopps suddenly. In the beginning I thought that was a mechanical problem, but the software host (Repetier Host) freezes too. I searched to a new program, to prove that is not mechanical, but a problem with the software, and I found the Printrun/Pronterface (it’s a good one, less intuitive than Repetier, but works), I always print a 20x20x10mm ‘cube’ to test (temperature, axis, fillament, and all the other factors), when I was testing the new software, freezed again. I tested and freezed again.

In my mind, in fact was a mechanical problem (maybe the motors wires is with a short circuit), and the resolution is further than I imagined. But my faith on a software problem was alive and burning inside me.

So I tested to print with the .gcode file in a SD Card directly attached to the motherboard of Printer, to my happiness and surprised worked so good, don’t stopped.

But there is a question: It is common to happen that, the printing work freezes suddenly? Happened something like that with anybody?

Thanks for readding and helping me!

Lexorman

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Hi Leonardo, I had the same problem with my previous printer. There were 2 things that made the printer freeze: 1. The datacable(USB-cable) was damaged or had a bad contact with either the printer or the PC. 2. I was doing something on my pc that demanded a lot of processor power. (It was a 7 year old pc). Alternatively changing the baudrate also solved some issues for me but I don’t think its the case here. In general it is better to use your SD card slot tot prevent failures from your PC result in failed prints. Hope this helps!

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Thank you so much!

All that you said makes sense. I will test new USB cables. When something is printing, my PC is 100% dedicated to the printing process, so one of this things is eliminated, even so you helped so much!

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Hi Leonardo, Were you able to fix the problems with your printer?