Unanswered X-axis goes way too far to the left

ok this is a weird one.

I just got the printer and have gone through the auto-leveling, etc. Everything was working great for a week. Today i'm trying to print and the autolevel doesn't work. In fact, when i click 'print', it takes the x axis ALL the way to the left and in fact keeps trying to go left, making a terrible rumbling sound as it keeps on going and going although it has hit the x-limit. Then it stops and raises the z axis up a couple inches, which is clearly not where it should begin printing. i think i totally messed up my homing position.

It's entirely possible that i accidentally clicked on a setting somewhere but can't for the life of me see where that would be. i have noticed that in the Controls -> Movement Controls the X axis buttons are not highlighted but the Y and Z buttons are. Not sure if that matters. would really appreciate any help....

thanks in advance....

 

ok, did that and i saw the below values:
x - open
y- open
z- triggered

then when i manually click the x switch while entering M119 and it shows
x - triggered
y- open
z-triggered

the important (dumb) part i noticed was that the left side of the x axis bar was not level. it was somehow riding up on top of the bolt that is on z axis screw! i guess maybe i took the z axis too low at some point, perhaps causing this. So i reset it all in place. now when i click print, at least the x axis limit is triggered so it now knows it's left hand side boundary.

but now immediately following that, the z axis goes almost all the way to the top to start the print job. It doesn't seem to know it's wayyy too high. how do i reset that or preferably just re-do the whole auto-leveling program so it resets back to normal?

THANKS again!

 

i figured out how to display the print wizard in the Configure menu. when it asks me to adjust z down to the paper, after only a click or two it says it can't go any lower. but it's still allll the way at the top of the printer. how can i get it to go back to 'sea level'?

 

i managed to get it to go through the config, with the extruder just applying a bit of pressure against the sheet of paper. but when i print a test calibration box, it doesn't seem to do an autolevel and the z axis climbs about 6 inches up even though it should be very low. any ideas? thx.....

 

Hi, I was wondering one of you could help! I'm having an issue during the 9-point autolevel where the extruder carriage wants to keep going in the +X direction and is causing a horrible groaning/chattering noise.
I entered in M119 with the carraige in the center of the bed and got:

x_min: triggered
y_min: open
z_min: open

The Z was resting on the stops. I raised the carriage and entered M119 again and now Z is triggered. I moved the table to the stop and then Y became triggered. I pressed the X stop and it stays triggered. So there must be something wrong with it or the wire feeding it.
How could I go about checking if it is either?

 

Loose connection. Most likely one of the terminals popped off the X switch. Check closely and follow the wire to the ramps and look for any disconnect points.

 

So I checked the switch itself with a multimeter - it's fine. Followed the wires and made sure there were no disconnections,made sure all the connections were solid while I was inside, and made sure the blade connectors for the switch were crimped. I'm about to button the bottom back in, but I was careless when I removed it and didn't notice where the fan that cools the board was connected. It's either the 2-prong by a tiny capacitor, or the 3-prong right above it. Once I get that plugged in, I'll start 'er up and hope for the best.

Edit: Got it! Looked up the wiring diagram on the RepRap wiki and plugged the fan into the 12V aux. X, Y, Z stops are reading just fine.