AD5M

FlashForge AD5M? Mine does that too. Started after an update a few months ago. It’s annoying as hell.

I have been reading a lot about these machines and after another user suggested it, flashed Forge X onto printer. The AD5M/X have memory issues and, even with USB loading, will miss packets in the .stl file due to an MCU failure that goes unnoticed. That's one of the biggest issues from what I've re

probably because this printer can be a massive pain in the ass. I have went through i kid you not 4 of these damn things. First one had badly warped bed second one had random z probing issues. Third one heater went out on it. 4th one well i still have it and its working fine. knock on wood. But i st

I battled my AD5M Pro for months with random issues like this seemingly unrelated to one another. Long and short of is you need to have dedicated nozzles for different temperature/types of filament. Well… that’s what I did at least and my problems very few and far between. I have a nozzle for PLA, P

For the first month, I was also happy with the AD5M Pro. Then started the MCU freeze-ups. First every other week. Then every other day. Then multiple times a day. I tried everything, including Forge-X, and new replacement fans from Flashforge customer support, but none of it fixed the MCU timeouts.

In my opinion, as a beginner, buy the Bambu. Of my 4 newest printers (Kingroon KLP1, Bambulab A1 Mini, FlashForge Adventurer 5M, and Anycubic Kobra 3v2) the Bambulab is easily the one I use most as it "just works" and the quality always comes out great. The AD5M is fast (a little faster than the A1

I got the K3v2 combo as well (3.5 months) and I've also been through clogging, AMS feeding problems, color change problems etc. to the point, where I do not use it very often. I have a Bambu A1 mini, Kingroon KLP1 and FlashForge AD5M in rotation as well, and the K3v2 shares the "honor" of being the