Thanks for the replies. I now realise that my issue was due to my noobness. But for info of others that might be having similar problems, I thought I would post what I found out and how I got mine to work in the end. As pointed out, the fan starting for a couple of seconds, the LED lighting for a few seconds before going out is just the normal boot sequence. What made me think it wasn't workingby richstuch - Controllers
Hi All. This is my first 3d printer project and am having some problems getting everything working. Everything is build and (as far as I can tell) correctly wired up. When I power up the unit, the led on the power supply lights up (and this stays on). There is also a LED on the Melzi board (L1) that lights up red for about 3 seconds before going out. At the same time that L1 lights up, the extby richstuch - Controllers