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Finally got it out of the box, setup, explore the new features, amazed at those, and the extreme exhaust fan noise.

So what do I do with this monster that I couldn't do with my ender 3? yup bag clips.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I replaced the idiotically loud motherboard fan with a 24V 40/10 Noctua. It needs slightly longer screws than the stock ones but otherwise it's a drop in replacement. Noise levels are much more acceptable now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've been doing some light research and i think it's possible to run the stock fan slower and turn it off when not printing, but it's unclear whether i'd have to plug the fan into a different header or not.

Because the full info is in a private facebook group :bleugh:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it running Klipper or something else?

In Klipper I have my controller board fan set to speed up only when there’s any active heaters or stepper drivers?

E.g. fires up only when moving/heating or printing but not when idle. Even then it’s set to a reasonable 80% threshold.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It has klipper but not mainline klipper, looking at some firmware updates that might automagically fix this. gotta confirm what I currently have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Here’s what that looks like for me. Basically a controller_fan configured to kick off with the steppers.

#Case fan for cooling when heating bed [controller_fan controller_fan] pin: YOUR_FAN_PIN_HERE heater: heater_bed stepper: stepper_x,stepper_y,stepper_z heater_temp: 40.0 fan_speed: 0.8 shutdown_speed: 1.0 kick_start_time: 0.5

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks, so in sv08's case, I'll have to open the bottom and plug the fan into another header before updating printer.cfg just like your example.

The firmware update is a .deb file, I know this, it's a ~~unix~~ debian system!