G+_David Peach Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I have successfully brought my Monoprice Maker Select Plus back to life. Motherboard died this summer. Not exactly sure how, but the small breakout board that carries the signals from the printhead area through the ribbon cable to the motherboard had some bad solder joints and burned traces. If those didn't contribute to the problem, they certainly didn't help. Monoprice was willing to replace the printer (after a month of me explaining the problem in small words so they could understand). But they were going to charge me for shipping. At $70 for shipping I figured I could convert it to a RAMPS control board and have a printer that I had more control over. The conversion is complete and I wrote about the process. I'm posting this here in case someone needs help in the future doing their own conversion. There is already a good guide online for converting the earlier versions of the printer, but I could not find one for the Plus. I hope it is a help to others in the future. http://www.mythoughtspot.com/2017/09/15/wanhao-monoprice-maker-select-plus-ramps-upgrade-considerations/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Shooter_FPV (Shooter_FP Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 David Peach So glad you got it working again!! Mine is still printing like a champ, knock on wood... even got NinjaFlex working on it... lol. i read the first page, and bookmarked it... it's getting pretty late here on the East Coast. I'll save it for when mine decides to kick the bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Peach Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 Ken Jancef?, I hope you never need it. But it is there in case you do. Part of my reason for choosing that printer is that it was based on the very common RepRap design. I knew that if something ever went wrong I could make it work again (unlike the propriety design of the MakerBot). I just didn't expect to have to do the rebuild so soon. BTW, the rebuild cost me $40 in parts and a few hours of fun. The only reason it took me so long to get it done is that since it died I have been traveling for work an unusual amount. Hopefully my write-up will make it much quicker for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joe Valasko Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Very nice write-up. Easy to understand. Well done Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Peach Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 Thanks +Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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