Lost main board connection?

None of the people who moderate the boards are Robo employees, we have just shown a willing attitude to help @mark tomlinson has been here the longest and his knowledge is vastly wider than @Geof or myself, going all the way back to the R1 Beta. We are not tech support but can occasionally hit the broadside of a barn with our deductions.

 

Unfortunately there is little that can be done to replace or repair the actual pogo connector short of replacing the entire board.

 

This is a sad, but true statement. I have gone so far as to try and source pogo pins from China and match them, but no luck finding exact matches yet. Even then you would have to break out a soldering iron and that is unacceptable for a new printer (under warranty).

 

Heh, if you are willing to break out the iron and have at it -- you are totally in the right place

 

Good question, I will defer that to one of the R2 users (@Geof or @WheresWaldo perhaps) but either is a real possibility.
The entire pogo pin design is less than optimal. Looks good on paper

 

I'd imagine the damaged board is causing your issues. my bed is slow in general IMO. I think the pogo board puts ...unnecessary..,. Resistance in the circuit and likely soldering the pins is adding more. Have you got a warranty part on the way ?

 

Pretty much as @Geof says, the connectors appear to be undersized for the maximum current draw, that and the fact that Robo generally specifies low rated heaters combined make the R2 a slow heating printer in general.

 

That is abnormal behavior at least with the r2 pogo board. A good one anyway lol and yes they would be out of office but yes get them on the phone asap to replace your part.