# Third form1+ machine - LASER FAIL! I am about to jump!

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/third-form1-machine-laser-fail-i-am-about-to-jump/2928>\
**Category:** Support & Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [December 14, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/third-form1-machine-laser-fail-i-am-about-to-jump/2928 "2014-12-14T21:47:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/third-form1-machine-laser-fail-i-am-about-to-jump/2928/54 "2014-12-27T18:07:02Z")

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That doesn’t look like a big mirror problem. If the mirror was dirty, fogged etc. the laser would create a rectangle patch on the paper since. I would suspect one of the galvo mirrors being fogged or damaged if the new laser produces a sharp spot if aimed at a wall or something direct.

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