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How did you make the box itself? Looks great! Wanting to make one like this!

Jordan Points It was all printed on FDM printers.

Jon Sprinkle nice! You can’t even tell it was! A lot of sanding an painting I take it ha

Jordan Points Oh yeah. Sand, sand, sand, filler, sand, filler primer, and sand some more lol

Jon Sprinkle yeah haha use to that process ?

Will you be releasing the stls? What kind of plastic did you use for the window ?

Leo Bejarano I'm not sure if I'll release stls. Didnt really make it easy to assemble. The glass is just red plexiglass.

That’s sweet!
If you do release STLs I’m down to make one.
If not, good job on this!

Yeah this is dope man!

I'm just going the same at the moment but using 190 micron paint filters. Seem to get all the bits out. Where did you get the funnel/tray rig from btw? I'd find that immensely useful! :-)

I believe it's on Thingiverse.

James Dodd

I made this a few months ago, and uploaded it about a week ago :) https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4214103

I'm currently in the same predicament. I replaced the LCD today and getting the same results. I then switched to another LCD from a different manufacturer but no change. I put in for a ticket with Anycubic. Let's see what they come up with.

What type of LCD screen? If it is the Mars one, I believe you have to use an adaptor. Plugging the wrong one in can fry the motherboard. In you case it looks like it may not be plugged in properly

As long as there is no cured resin on the screen, the next bet would be the LCD has gone bad. They are "consumables" and will need to be replaced depending on how much use and a random chance

thanks for sharing... I was wondering what that would look like.

Harold Crossley thank you. I just took the printer apart and effectively the problem is with the LCD. I will have to change it. Any place you recommend where you can buy the part?

Efren Pereira Avendaño I've only purchased through Amazon personally.

Harold Crossley

Ok. Thank you

Is that video showing the spots are from the LCD itself, rather than some type of cured resin?

correct, the lcd is completely clean of resin, the gaps are black spots on the lcd

Use a photon validator . You may have missing pixels

It’s unlikely but might be it needs an update. There should be one on the website, I forget where I got mine from but I had a third of the screen not working that it fixed but mine was also just a clean line of dead pixels where your dots are different than what I experienced.

New lcd

You LCD has died and needs replacing. The uv light damages it and it need a replacing eventually.

Sterling Murphy doesn't apply to this case.

If your printer is only a month old the screen is still under warranty. Contact anycubic and they will send you a new one for free.

Ryan Moore thank you. I actually contacted support and they will send me a new lcd

You have dead pixels on your lcd, Needs to be replaced, it can be caused by faulty LCD or if too much pressure is put on LCD.

That’s a good looking little light Guardian!

Reed Whaley Yeah it's real cool. ?? ☺️

Yeah!!!!! Destiny!!

Brian Wulff Uhhh. That looks incredible. ?

Martin Falk-Hansen thanks man. And I love the magnets that attach everything together.

Pete !!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this something you modeled or is it one off of thingiverse?

Did one for my buddy a while back...fmd though. Super cool!!!

Mark Ihrig Found it on Myminifactory. Just search for Destiny Ghost

Most likely its the cable. try re-seating it a few times.

There’s a few more bits of info needed: where did you get your replacement screen? Was it Anycubic or another brand? What was happening that prompted you to replace your screen?

Jon Vogel elegoo screen, but they are the same specs. Had to replace old screen due to resin leakage.

Did you use the cable adapter that came with the Elegoo screen?

Jon Vogel yes, if only because it makes the whole connecting thing easier :)

Kyle Urban ok, good. Without that adaptor you damage your main board.

Mongo Rogers I wish, tried fifteen times, no luck

Mine gets here tomorrow. Did you ever figure out the issue?

Jason Chadwell no, I think this Chinese shtbox is dead and I can't figure out why. Maybe I ruined the connector by pressing too hard or something :(

Kyle Urban yeah, I don’t have anything for you, bro. When my screen went out, I tried the Elegoo and didn’t know about the adaptor and had to replace my motherboard. After I got the new MB and a Anycubic screen, I was back in business.

I'll let you know if I make out with the screen. Will be sure to use the adapter as well. Nothing else going on for a couple of weeks may as well try it.

Jon Vogel guess I can always try a new mb, but that's another 90$. Might as well buy a new one :(

Kyle Urban yeah. Don’t know why the mb is so expensive. I went ahead and bought another Photon and the mb. Wife was out of town. She didn’t notice the 2nd Photon. Still hasn’t. Anyway, it’s nice to have a backup unit for sanity checks when debugging a broken one.

Jon Vogel So ~130$ for a new mb and new screen or ~230 for a new Elegoo Mars... Anything cool I could do with the photon if I don't fix it up? Turn it into a cool UV curing chamber maybe?

Kyle Urban sell it to someone for parts?

Kyle Urban I had both the Mars and Photon and I decided that I liked the Photon better. So, YMMV.

That's a scary thing for me, when the time comes I'll have to check a lot of tutorials and make a lot of questions lol. Thanks for sharing your experience so we can learn.

Jon Vogel still not sure what to do here. Was looking at new main boards, but you'll see that I buy one and a week later the uv lights burn out. Photon zero could be a cheap option (only slightly more expensive than the main board... :S), but not sure how bad the resolution actually is in prints. Phrozen sonic mini would definitely be a winner, but impossible to find for sale, let alone for 200€. 260€ was cheapest I could find for a elegoo Mars in the end... Sigh. It's not easy, a printers life.

Kyle Urban your UV went out? Dude. That’s some really bad luck. Probably it’s the controller, since the LEDs are pretty reliable. Wish I were there to help you debug.

If it is the controller, a new MB might fix both your problems.

My new Elagoo LCD is held up in shipping but I will make sure to let you know how it works for my Photon. That might indicate other problem with your machine or I'll be in the same boat.

Jon Vogel nah, uv is still good, but I'm afraid that if I patch up the mb on the photon now, something else will break down next. I think I know what to do; I'll buy a new photon and keep/use this broken one for spare parts.

Ok well my Elegoo screen showed up today and I'm up and running again, works great. The only thing I noticed is it would be easy to plug in the MIPI adapter the wrong way round or plug into the MB the wrong way round. Other than that pretty straight forward. Also half the cost of Anycubic replacement:) Sorry you had so much issue on yours, let us know how it progresses. Best of luck

LCD replacement. Used to be cheap...now not so. Amazon usually have them

Have you tried to check if the cable is loose/needs to be seated better?

Richard Humble thanks, I shall have a look.

Jayson Jacob Warren good point I haven't checked as I haven't moved the printer so didn't think that would be the cause of it. I shall double check anyway in case, thanks ?

i'm just going through the same thing - 3d jake have them instock and 4 day delivery for £55 - damn expensive in my view but seems to be the only option

Richard Webb I ordered this one which arrived this pm. I just need to watch a couple of videos now to figure out how to install.

thats different to the photon S screen it uses and LS055R1SX03 ( not SX04 ) the wire is different . not sure if anything else is different - but it will be interesting if it works. keep me informed please

just found the item and watched the video in the comments - BUGGER ! it comes with an adapter from v04 to v03 !.. please do let me know how it goes for you and I'll order one in as a spare !

So I’m curious, whats the likelihood that a screen cable would get detached if printer is not moved?

I mean to me based on the OPs statement that he’s had it for about a year, i would have instinctively said his screen was going bad. At a year old I’ve heard of people having to change screens after maybe 6 months.

Richard Webb uhm, I fiddled with the lcd screen on my photon s, I pried it to see if I can easily lift it out, it was quite hard and I couldn't manage it. I then decided to test the lcd again and oddly it seems to be fine, checked it a few times by using the exposure test and it's fine. Will try a print tomorrow and see. No idea why it is suddenly okay?!

I saw a number of posts saying that, and also that it started doing again after a short time. But fingers crossed for you. I found the easiest way to get the screen out was to push it up from the bottom, but there is a lot of dismantling to do that

Gary Slovinsky I double checked, I actually got the printer mid December 2019 so 3 months of heavy use. However my lcd screen appears to be okay at the moment, re-tested it after I tried to pry the screen off without success.

Patrick Harland if your screen appears fine now. Is it possible it was just a bad slice?? I’ve been known to get that on rare occasions with a FDM printer.

Wish I could give you advice on screen removal, I’m still on my original screen. I think I’ve heard it’s held in place w/double sided tape.

Mine has just arrived from 3djake. It is an 04 screen with the little adapter already attached !! Feel like ive been scammed !!!

Richard Webb and amazon have sold out of the one I bought heh

Yep. Did the fail print fall into the screen?

try unplug the power leave the machine off for 10 mins then power up again check screen. if fail check the cable connectors. try firmware update for the machine you have if its an old photon. then try the epax update. if you are using the photon-s or the new photon. then head to the website and update the firmware there.

Some resin leaked onto the screen and I scraped it off. It's a Photon S and has the latest official firmware on it. Do you think the EPax one would help?

nah epax is for the original classic its a dif mb

sounds like you pressed to hard to remove the resin. so yea screen might be dead. :(

Aye I really went for it with the plastic scraper :D