Long story short, I am not mechanically inclined. I want my shit to just work. Somehow I decided I would order the MK4S upgrade kit for the prusa MK4 that I have. It took me about 12 hours but I did the upgrade and turned it on only to find it wouldn’t boot with a power panic error message.
I tracked it down to a cable that got disconnected during all the upgrading, and when I went to push it back onto the board it bent the pins. When I tried to straighten them out the pens broke off and now I have a $2,000 paperweight on my desk.
EDIT: Ok, i am now rested and calmed down, and no i will not be buying an X1C from the CCP Bambu. Support was indeed super cool, and i’d need to spend another 120 for a new xbuddy since mistakes like this are not under warranty. However, my dad is a lifelong hardware electronics pro, and he seemed to indicate this should be no sweat to fix, so we shall commit mad science before i just buy another one.
Don’t stress. Chat with Prusa support online.
They are amazing, and will help you identity what part needs replacing.
As these are all available in kit form, you have possibly the best documented and most repairable printer in the world…
Best documented, supported, and repairable commerically available printer - absolutely.
Something like a Voron probably qualifies as even more open, since all the designs are freely available and the parts are off the shelf, but you’re going to need to be able to troubleshoot yourself or rely on forums for help.