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Hey I just realized that I had been de-clogging wrong, I would do a cold pull at 80 degrees, but there would still be filament in the nozzle. I removed the nozzle and took some pliers and pulled out the filament from the inside and that got some stuff out. De-clogging properly helped bigtime, that clog has probably been in there for ever.

The underextrusion might be caused by overextrusion leading to clogging leading to temporary underextrusion.

Good News!!!, Thank you so much for helping with this!

Yes I got it connected and I have added a direct drive setup and furiously de clogged it, still some issues with underextrusion though.

UPDATE: I got it to connet!

alright thank you i'll try this stuff out

should i try to update the firmware

Yea I've tried 2 usb cables and they both don't work. The printer is on and cura is not running.

no : nothing on the terminal, just 'Connecting...'

no and yes cura is closed

Pronterface, but the printer still wont be detected

Okay so it overshot by 3 degrees

I'm heating it up and gonna check if it overshoots or does anything wonky

I'm pretty sure

I've tried another usb cable and still nothing happens

So I printed a calibration cube yesterday and I noticed It kind of looks like it underextruded in some places, weird. I also printed the thing again and watched it closely, it did everything correctly and there were no clogs, just underextruded, it might be the thermistor.

I also printed this to see if it can do some smaller details but it did not do very well:

I am trying to do the PID tune and my printer wont connect to my pc. I have plugged it in with a usb cable and it does not appear at all, its as if I have not plugged anything in at all. I have rebooted both devices, covered the 5v pin and I cant get it to connect.

Okay so yes i do get clogs often it really sucks, and the thermistor thing, well my printer is brand new so I doubt that is the case but I will still look into that. I think the layer height is 0.12 or maybe 0.16, and 100% speed. Here is the project file (As best as i could replicate as idk where the original is): Top_Case.3mf Here is a pic of the bottom on the part: And here is the temp tower as well

So I tuned the printer (Did a temp tower, Adjusted the stepper motors, leveled the bed and made sure the frame was square) and I printed it again, it is a little better but the nozzle clogged halfway through and the extruder began to slip, so I stopped the print and took some photos: Printed at 205 deg Celsius and the same white PLA, same gcode. Could it be the filament or gcode? This is what the jam looked like:

I'm doing a temp tower right now, and I calibrated the E-Steps. I also made sure the frame is square. I just need to calibrate the other motors' steps then I'll try printing the original part again. Thanks for your help so far!

Oh, yea I should probably calibrate that, thanks I'll look into this right away! I think what I'll do is calibrate the printer properly and then try to print the part again. And no, its only on that one piece of the model, the only piece that is small and an 'island' and it only seems to happen on that type of piece.

As you can see by the picture, everything is fine except for the small tower, which has underextruded. I have tried upping the temperature from 205 to 215, and its not working. I am quite new to this so I'm probably missing something. Anyway, please help soon! Ender 3 (not pro) with some Compgrow white PLA. 215 Nozzle and 65 bed (Celsius) I have attached the .stl file as well, just ask me for any more details and I will gladly provide them. Top_Case.stl