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    3D Printer Troubles, "sloppy" first layer?

    If anyone stumbles upon this in the future, it seems my problem was the acceleration setting under M204. The one I had set was much too high, (1500, I believe) but now that I have set it to 500 (M204S500) things are working much better. In hindsight, this makes a lot of sense. When I reflashed...
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    3D Printer Troubles, "sloppy" first layer?

    Thanks for your suggestion of forcing the error, but I have still not yet fixed this. Here is what I did in order: "Un-leveled" the print bed. (no effect) Played with the z-offset. (somewhat of an effect) Reflashed the firmware. This helped noticeably because I had incorrect firmware settings...
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    3D Printer Troubles, "sloppy" first layer?

    I have a Printrbot Simple Metal 1403 and the Ubis hotend died, so I replaced it with an E3D V6 as per this guide and everything seemed to go well. (besides breaking my fan, darn) But now, my printer lays down the first layer super sloppily: http://imgur.com/H3M7Bw6 Printing in PETG @ 245C What...
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    Selecting a record in MS Access to view in form

    Basically, what I would like to do is have the user be able to, in table view, select a record, and then have that be the selected record for the data entry form. So, if the user is in the table and selects the fifth record, then returns to the data entry form, the fifth record will be selected...
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    Upgrade laptop's keyboard to a backlit one

    I popped the keyboard out of my Dell Latitude 3550 laptop one day because I was bored and saw that there was a connector on the motherboard for a keyboard's backlight. This made me wonder, is there a way to buy a keyboard that is backlit to connect it? Do keyboards have standards to make them...
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    Internet connection cutting out periodically

    Changing the lease time did not improve anything. I think I will ask the neighbors to see if they are experiencing the same problems, to check the 'line problem' theory. Thanks guys.
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    Internet connection cutting out periodically

    I went through the last comment's steps and was able to get over 1000 ping without noticing the problem. This is the issue with a problem like this, because I don't know how to reproduce the error. I will try the lease extension to see if that helps, thank you.
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    Internet connection cutting out periodically

    How would I go about changing that? Would it be through the router or the modem? Also, I found the logs for my modem. These five steps happen each time the network cuts out, it seems. 1: Aug 10 2015 17:52:12: No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out 2: Aug 10 2015 17:52:14: Ranging Request...
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    Internet connection cutting out periodically

    Hi, So, basically, every so often (about every 30 minutes or so) my internet connection will drop, but all my devices still say they are connected. (like the computers on wired connection won't have the 'limited access' icon in the bottom right, and the wireless devices still show full bars)...
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    Can I buy a Moto X from Motorola and add it to my Verizon bill?

    I was doing some research for a smartphone and noticed that buying a Moto X from Verizon is about $200 more than it would be to buy it from Motorola and selecting the 'Verizon' option. Would it work just fine to buy the phone for less from Motorola, then turn up at Verizon and have them add it...
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    Do wired connections have more priority over wireless ones?

    Thanks guys, you're a great help. Love this forum.
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    Do wired connections have more priority over wireless ones?

    Basically, this is to settle an argument. One of my roommates is upset because he has a wireless connection and I have a wired one, so he assumes the router is giving me 'first pick' on our shared bandwidth. I am fairly certain this isn't true, but was unable to find an answer anywhere, so I'm...
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    New USB drive not working, tells me there is no drive.

    So I bought a new PNY 128GB 3.0 USB Drive for my dad as a father's day present, and I was going to give it a witty label, but when I popped it in my computer, the icon in My Computer was grayed out, and when I try to open or format it, it tells me there is no disk in drive H. (the USB Drive's...