u/RyanMeray

Hi folks, got a unique one. A friend brought a miniPC over that wasn't working and we identified some obvious signs of damage to the board (scratches, missing or off-kilter transistors, etc).

I'm sure this could be repaired but I'm having difficulty tracking down pictures that show the board details intact.

If anyone happens to have one of these boards and can help me with some closeups of the components, it'd be greatly appreciated.

This is the corner on the other side of the board from the power button.

https://preview.redd.it/3rupnxei4gch1.png?width=1519&format=png&auto=webp&s=48e16c3f6912d7922917ab40dd897c28dcb6c50d

So one of the groups I'm in has suddenly had a bunch of content pop back up with recent date and timestamps, but they're all old posts which can be easily identified by the post content or the dates of the comments.

This is just one example, a post that someone made back in October 2025 (which has the original date of the post in its body since it's part of a "daily" post rule in the group) is showing as May 27th, 2026. But you can see from one of the comments that the post has to have been made back in October 2025.

https://preview.redd.it/44y7dwg6dh5h1.png?width=666&format=png&auto=webp&s=af0b44a6df16b3d37598dd2c5ee7da933c16653e

There's a whole bunch of other posts from September to December 2025 that appears to have been dredged up and re-dated inexplicably, and with zero new interactions or edit history.

Anyone else seen this sort of behavior?

My first machine was an Ender 3 Pro, which I heavily modified over the years and have been fairly happy with. An opportunity to get a Prusa XL as part of a business grant program came up and I took it, so now I gotta try and learn all the stuff that's unique to this ecosystem.

I had been using Cura so Prusaslicer definitely feels like a different can of worms.

https://preview.redd.it/ve15gr1dmp3h1.png?width=641&format=png&auto=webp&s=c7dba393e9df085bca4c746af742e53dc49f7d38

Some general questions:

• Is there anything like the Teaching Tech tuning guide for Prusa? I assume that the marlin Gcode in that won't work for this platform given the multiple toolheads and different pre-print calibration.
• My first print was a pretty solid benchy (naturally), and my second was the Autodesk FDM test. The machine netted a 24.5, losing 2.5 points for stringing, 2 points for bridging, and 1 point for the 15 degree incline. Has anyone else run this test on their stock machine and found similar results? Were you able to fix those deficiencies with slicer and different thermal/speed settings?
• I didn't see a whole lot of mods on Printables for this machine. Are they hiding elsewhere or do folks not really see much point in tweaking things on it?
• My second print got a noticeable booger on the nozzle that got deposited and picked up from the print multipled times from a failed attempt of the print head to clean itself before printing - is there something I should be doing in my slicer settings to prevent that?
• Cura would splat my prints right at the center of my build volume, but Prusaslicer sticks them in the back - should I override my urge to center my prints on the bed or is there no good reason for that?
• I'm not loving the "PrusaConnect" printing method. Should I be looking at one of the other printer host connection methods (OctoPrint, Klipper (via Moonraker), etc) and if so, which one seems to be the crowd favorite?

Anyways, any info or tips folks can throw at me that'll help me settle into this machine would be greatly appreciated! Cheers.