1 hour ago, GregValiant said:I'd start by formatting the SD card again. If there are bad memory sectors on it there is no way for Windows to tell. When Cura asks Windows to save the file a chunk of it may be written to a bad sector. The printer doesn't know and so when the data runs out it stops in mid-stride.
If you save the gcode to your hard drive, and also save it to the SD the files should be identical. You can open them in Windows notepad and compare them (open the file directly from the SD card). Scroll down to the end of each file. A good file will have a "settings" area at the end. A corrupt file will end abruptly or with a lot of computer gibberish.
If you want to save those stock files then make sure you copy them over to your hard drive before you re-format the SD.
Ok, I reformatted the card and it's giving me the same issue. I compared the file sizes when saved to the SD card vs the hard drive and the one saved to the hard drive said 0kb 😨
I could open only the SD card one in notepad and I've included a screenshot of the bottom of that code. The one from the hard drive had no data to open.
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I'd start by formatting the SD card again. If there are bad memory sectors on it there is no way for Windows to tell. When Cura asks Windows to save the file a chunk of it may be written to a bad sector. The printer doesn't know and so when the data runs out it stops in mid-stride.
If you save the gcode to your hard drive, and also save it to the SD the files should be identical. You can open them in Windows notepad and compare them (open the file directly from the SD card). Scroll down to the end of each file. A good file will have a "settings" area at the end. A corrupt file will end abruptly or with a lot of computer gibberish.
If you want to save those stock files then make sure you copy them over to your hard drive before you re-format the SD.
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Thank you! I'll try that next. I've been tinkering with the included files, seeing if it's a profile issue in Cura... and it's doing the same thing to the files that it came with. I'll definitely try reformatting after I save the current files.
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