stephan

Thanks for the downloads, that's worth a shot. Still I would prefer the Aluminium fan duct but this design is looking good too...

I called UM and asked them but they said that they didn't sell it as a loose item. It is not the same as the UM2 because that one has 2 fans.

Recently I installed a heated bed kit in my UM original. But the fan holder that I printed myself with PLA could not resist the head from the heated bed. I would love to buy the Aluminium fan holder that comes with the UM original if you buy it now and you could see here: https://www.ultimaker.com/pages/our-printers/ultimaker-original but I can't because UM doesn't sell it. Hopefully, when they see the responses to this topic, UM changes their opinion and start selling the Aluminium fan holder as a spare part. So thumbs up and respond to this topic if you want one too! Thanks

3Defy You are my Hero... She works again. A true dirty hack but who cares. Thanks so much!!!

Thanks so much Anon4321, I installed the HB and printed one model. All worked fine!!! Then next day cura wants to update itself and I let her do it. She asked me what kind of printer I have. I thought UM Original+ (for +updates, like a heated bed). After that my UM controller went blue. Hence this page...

I tried all of the suggested and have no good results. Still TIMEOUT Also called whit UM and they are busy with this subject. They let me know tomorrow what they will do...

Arlee, "On the same Tools menu, go to Serial Port and select the serial to which your printer is connected." On my MacBook Pro, using a USB cable, witch serial would that be?

Thanks Anon4321, This morning I didn't know what a Arduino was ( just to clarify my level of understanding ). I disconnected the Arduino from the motherboard, hooked it up via USB cable to my laptop and tried to install firmware on it through Cura. (No luck with this) Is this what you mean with: "you will need to flash through the Arduino IDE."? If not, could you be more specific and tell me exactly witch part of that long thread I need to try. Thanks again...

Thanks ChrisR, That's a lot of settings but tried all of them without any luck... Thanks anyway... Something els I could try? Anyone?

Thanks ChrisR, I have a Ultimaker original not a UM2. I it smart to try anyway? And the thread is long, which part should I try? thanks again

For people that don't read Dutch, -Updating with other computer doesn't work. -Disconnecting Heated Bed upgrade kit and updating without, doesn't work. -Disconnecting UM controller and updating, no luck. -Disconnecting Arduino from motherboard and hooking it up to computer via USB cable (without power supply) and trying to update firmware through Cura... Cura says: "failed to write firmware, TIMEOUT". So, Not solved jet! Anybody with a smart idea?

This is the response (in Dutch) I had from Marrit from UM: (See my response underneath...) Hallo Stephan, Mijn collega Zenalda heeft me gevraagd om je verder te helpen. Vervelend om te horen dat het niet meer lukt om de firmware te updaten. Ik weet niet of dit te maken heeft met de heated bed upgrade, misschien is het gewoon toevallig dat het sinds dat moment niet meer werkt. Het feit dat de firmware niet meer kan worden geüpdatet kan te maken hebben met de computer, Arduino of het groene moederbord. Als eerste zou ik aanraden het even via een andere computer te proberen; dat is namelijk het makkelijkste om te testen en dan weten we ook zeker of het daar wel of niet mee te maken heeft. Een andere USB poort kan soms ook helpen. Mocht dit niet uitmaken, dan betekent het dat de Arduino of het moederbord de problemen veroorzaakt. Door deze onafhankelijk van elkaar te testen kunnen we erachter komen welke van de 2 het is. Het beste kun je dan de Arduino losmaken van het moederbord (deze kun je er voorzichtig af trekken) en vervolgens sluit je de Arduino via de USB kabel los aan op de computer. Lukt het nu om de firmware te updaten? Als dit niet werkt, betekent het dat de Arduino zelf kapot is en in het andere geval heeft het te maken met het moederbord. Zou je hier eens naar kunnen kijken? Alvast bedankt en ik hoor het graag van je. -- Kind regards / Met vriendelijke groet, Marrit Hoffmans Hallo Marrit, Als eerste wil ik even kwijt dat ik zonder problemen heb geprint met m'n nieuwe heated bed upgrade kit. Pas toen Cura zei dat er een nieuwere versie was, welke ik heb geïnstalleerd en me daarna vroeg om de marlin firmware te updaten koos ik voor UM Original+ (+ in mijn gedachten voor +upgrades) toen pas ging het mis. -Via een andere computer updaten is niet gelukt. -Heated Bed upgrade kit ontkoppelt en updaten zonder, lukt niet. -UM controller ontkoppelt en updaten zonder lukt ook niet. -Na lang zoeken weet ik nu wat een Arduino is. Deze voorzichtig van het moederbord getrokken en los met een usb kabel aan m'n computer gehangen (zonder voeding) maar bij het updaten zegt cura nog steeds "failed to write firmware, TIMEOUT". Hoe nu verder? met vriendelijke groet, Stephan

And did anyone solve this problem? Yesterday I was still happily printing with my new heated bed and today she died? I will not believe that...

Hello Hero's I work on a mac powerbook with OS X 10.9.5 installed. Updating my UM original with a heated bed kit yesterday, I saw today there was a newer Cura available. Installing it, I let Cura install the marlin software on the printer. But something went wrong there! The printer software is not installed correctly and Cura can't connect to the printer now. If I disconnect the USB cable and restart the printer the controller just shows a bleu screen! I tried in Cura to add a new machine hoping it would install the marlin firmware again but it can't connect although the USB cable is connected. What to do??? Thanks for the prompt reply Stephan Bleeker

Thanks again both of you, so helpful. I print on 5 cm wide blue 3M tape and tried to attach it as firm as I could of course but the alcohol, glue stick, and skirt I'm trying now. And about putting the UM in a heated chamber, you're probably right, and I have some alternatives now to at least try first. BUT I too can't wait until UM comes with a HB upgrade for my 3 month old UM1. If I only knew I had to wait 3 months for a UM2 with HB.

I'm lazy guy where I can but I didn't think of this one or I'm not doing enough to be lazy. Still that question of the glue stick please, what was that brand? And now stretching my luck, going al the way back, what would happen if I stick my UM in a 70 degree environment? thanks

Quote I think after 5 posts you don't need to be moderated so you can get past that by just replying to this one saying "cool.". Coool...

Thank you both, I'm still a Newbie, and thats why my answers are so slow... somebody reads them first... I did confuse brim with skirt and I thought that the alcohol would only weaken the clue. Why would I want to adjust the z screw manually? thanks

Thank you jhertzberg Actually, I positioned the model specifically like this because of the strength of the infill that, alined like this, would benefit the models necessary strength. But I should try it anyways. Normally I have the brim turned on but I didn't think it would have any effect on the models warping because it's not even touching the model. Is the brim not just to get the flow going? And the model was to big for a Brim. As you can see on the first photo, the blue tape came loose of the build platform but was still sticking to the model. So the model sticks well to the blue tape but the force of the warping is so big that it pulls the tape right of. And if I enter "glue stick" in the search engine it gives no result, can you mention it one more time, please ;-) thanks again...

Thank you gr5, I uploaded some pictures of my model here (scroll down to second picture please): http://www.behance.net/gallery/3D-Printing/11181311 I also uploaded a picture with all my settings in cura. I welcome all suggestions, thanks

I too have the same problem with my UM. I can not print the model I desire because it has a 3 mm massive basis and is 16,5 X 16,5 X 20 cm. high. What would happen if I don’t install a hot building plate but rougher put my entire UM in a heated environment up to 70 degrees? The bottom part with the wiring and motherboard would not be in this environment but cooled separately. Could all the other parts including the spool of filament handle this?