Sounds like you hit at this:
// When temperature exceeds max temp, your heater will be switched off.
// This feature exists to protect your hotend from overheating accidentally, but *NOT* from thermistor short/failure!
#define MAXTEMP 260
From your description you have lowered that value.
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