# Form Wash Dead

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-wash-dead/29497>\
**Category:** Support & Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-wash-dead/29497 "2020-12-02T20:04:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![brackett27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@brackett27](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/brackett27)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-wash-dead/29497/1 "2020-12-02T20:04:50Z")

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My form wash seems to have no response. The LCD panel is black. Does not respond to button presses. Looking underneath the green light is on on the processor board. Plugging USB to the laptop and trying the firmware update yields no connection by USB. The same setup with my cure works fine. I’ve tried all iterations of button presses and power cycling I have found in the forum to no avail. Tried another known good power supply, no difference. And of course it died when open. Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![MrPaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@MrPaul](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/MrPaul)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-wash-dead/29497/2 "2020-12-02T23:19:56Z")

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Sounds pretty similar to my experience.

> [@Hints on death of Form Wash](http://forum.formlabs.com/t/hints-on-death-of-form-wash/28755):
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> The lack of the 3v3 LED is probably a big hint. I’d prefer to buy the board instead of repairing it, if it was efficient, any pointers? I suppose I could contact customer support, but …

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**Author:** ![KMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KMan](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/KMan)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-wash-dead/29497/3 "2020-12-03T11:45:16Z")

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@Mrpaul, can you describe what you did to fix your wash? IF you have more detailed photos of the the process it would be appreciated as I have zero circuitry knowledge. But I would really like to try to fix my wash.

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**Author:** ![MrPaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@MrPaul](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/MrPaul)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-wash-dead/29497/4 "2020-12-03T15:23:54Z")

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It is relatively involved require at least some circuit board modification and the sourcing and addition of a new power supply, I would really not recommend it for the inexperienced. There is a vat of highly flammable liquid immediately above it making errors potentially very costly. It is very unfortunate that service is not available for it; I wouldn’t call the unit’s price in the ‘disposable’ range.

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**Author:** ![Walter\_Gillespie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@Walter\_Gillespie](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Walter_Gillespie)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-wash-dead/29497/5 "2020-12-03T16:11:54Z")

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My Formwash dies all the time and then resuscitates.  
I usually have to unplug and replug the power cord to get it running again.  
Screw-up in the control design is all I can figure.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-wash-dead/29497/6 "2020-12-17T16:12:02Z")

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