Hi again guys, I swapped out both the L297 and L298 chips on the z-axis. - Unfortunatly, it doesnt seem to have worked... but I have some more concerns now that may help. I wired it all back together and it did indeed work the first time! - as in I clicked home and it went right where it needed to.....

thanks chaps. I'll let you know how it goes...... - having real trouble removing either chip from the board to be honest (taking it slow as I dont want to wreck the tracks) - I gather its a triple layer PCB which means theres solder both on the chip side, bottom side and middle..... - real difficut ...

Many thanks for the picture Steve, I was wondering which chip belonged to which axis.... I figured it might be those 2, but wasnt sure. - That helps a lot with which ones to take out and change first. I'm just getting my old man to order the 2 chips on the company account.... Hope it works! - Are th...

Hi, We have a router 2600 (about 3 years old with the usb interface). - After a spate of it completly crashing mid program (and casuing the controlling computer to get the 'blue screen of death' the machine has now developed a big issue with the z-axis. Basically, it won't home or jog correctly. - I...