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Just sharing:
I started up my photon with a USB stick formatted in exFAT in the printer. (I had used it for something else earlier and reformatted it)

It turned out that the photon froze, or rather got some strange behavior on the touchscreen.

I restarted without the USB and it seemed fine, so i reformatted the stick in FAT32 and now it works fine again.

Is this a known issue?

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1. The USB drive that came with my Photon is not being read by the printer or my laptop. It is dead.

2. Because it is dead, I can't transfer the files to my new USB drive.

3. The Anycubic website is not responding so I am unable to download the files and load them onto my new USB drive.

4. Could somebody upload the files that came with the original USB drive online, and send me the link so I can download them and then load them onto my new USB drive.

*Post edited for clarification*

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Evening all, is anyone else having issues with repeatability of sliced files??

I'm following the steps of using the photon Slicer, then putting it through the Photon File Validator, then on the printer it goes and I've been getting fantastic results, very happy with them.

However the next time I go to print the exact same file (still on the same USB, which I'm confident is not the issue) the text is in red and it comes up with an error message when I try to print.

So I go back and redo supports, then slice, then validate and replace older file with a new one and all is good again.

Any ideas as to what could be causing this?

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Hi folks. Sooooo just set up my new photon.
Have a CR10s, Ender 3, both heavily modded and working well etc...
Did UV LCD test ✅
Levelled ✅
Loaded test print from usb ✅
2 hrs later ..... print is 50% done. Nothing on build plate. Resin in vat but no solids. Looks like UV didn’t function ?

Any other ideas ? ?

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SOS

I'm a newbie to 3D printing so I don't know how to describe the problem I am having. I got my printer in December and my first several prints turned out well. Some layer lines which I thought at the time were normal but now am not sure about. About 4 weeks ago through I ended up with a big problem.

I am getting strips of resin running through my prints, I also always end up with extra hardened resin on the bottom of my vat. for the life of me I can not figure out why.

Here are the things I've done so far to try and fix this.
1) I use the guide here for my resin times https://docs.google.com/…/1crvzMnt_8NJXAsABinoIhcOjE8…/edit…
2) I have further increased the exposure times to make sure no bits are flaking off
3) used 2 different USB sticks
4) I have reformatted both USB sticks
5) I have run a 3 minute LCD exposure test without seeing any flickering
6) I have tried 6 different prints
7) From 4 different sources (Tinkercad, HeroForge, Thingiverse, Fusion 360)
8) Using 4 different Anycubic brand resins (Grey, Skin, Orange, Yello)
9) I have used 2 different slicers (any cubic stock and Chitubox)
10) I have releveled the thing more times than I can count
11) I have cleaned the vat multiple times
12) I have replaced the FEP Film
13) I have checked all of the internal connectors to make sure they are secure
14) I have posted on Reddit and another facebook forum an been told that it might be my UV lamp but all the testing that I've done following their instructions my printer has passed with no issue.
15) I have been told I should watch my prints but I can't see them since the build plate is in the way.
16) I have printed them 90 degrees vertically and 45 degree tilt same situation both times. I have not been able to successfully do a 90 degree horizontal print as the dials always fall of o their supports even when i add about double the auto generated supports.

Support is out for New Years and I am at a total loss for how to do things any better than I am. The prints I'm attaching photos of are not complex prints they are essentially 3 cylinders.

Help would be greatly appreciated

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Just got my Photon unpacked and zeroed. Installed v1.3.6 of the slicer (64-bit, downloaded from their site), ran it, opened the Photon.photon file and I don't see a model displayed on the grid. It does seem like the model is loaded since the LCD preview panel lets me step through the layers and there is geometry there. But no model is shown in the 3D space.

When I try to install 1.3.3 (what's included on my USB stick), the installer errors out with "Setup detected the program is running". The program is not running. What is going on? Is the software really this bad or am I doing something wrong?

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Well that didn't work out so well...

It was so weird. The printer beeped and then all of a sudden i see the screen on the printer show its printing that blob. Did their shity USB just take a dump?

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Perfect first print using the photon file on the Anycubic USB stick. I’m ready to print myself the first parts of a carbon filter (to help dull the smell!) and it won’t recognise any USB sticks apart from the original, but even then, it doesn’t show the files that I have added. I can’t even do a firmware upgrade because it can’t see the files on any USB drive. I have wiggled the usb stick, taken the back off the printer and even tried plugging the usb drive directly into the mother board and still the same.

The stock USB just shows the original files - even though I deleted a few!

Has anyone else had this issue?

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Just received my Photon, did the bed leveling and printed the test model (used the one from Anycubic website, the usb stick wasn't working)

Any idea what is the issue?

Thanks

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Hello all! I am planning on buying my husband a photon for Valentine’s Day and I need to know what else I need to buy to get him started? I have sorted through some of the posts on here and I know to buy nitrile gloves and alcohol. Is there anything else I need to have ready? He is interested in using it for miniatures!

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