So here is the latest on my edge issues.....it has been a long time since i last posted cause I've been pretty bummed since i found out what is wrong with the machine.
I contacted ND Graphics in Toronto and the tech there suggested, what some of you suggested....undo then redo all the connections on the boards and do that several times. The tech thought that since the machine was sitting for a long time there maybe some 'corrosion' that is interrupting some of the signals. Even thought i saw it printing, i mentioned to him, transporting the machine may have dialoged some of that 'corrosion' and is now preventing the machine from working properly.
I did that a few times and still nothing. I called back and the tech suggested to bring it in for a closer look. A few days later i drove it to ND and dropped it of for the day. When i dropped it off i told them the issues and hope they could do something for me. They we very nice and accommodating and took the machine and mentioned that ti shouldn't take to long before a tech could look at it. The family and i were still in T.O. a few hours doing stuff when we got a call from ND with a diagnosis of the machine. I was expecting that a fuse had blown or one of the connections were bad. Or the machine needed a good cleaning out from all the dust inside. But, no, and this is the part that hit me hard. The tech said he could not get the Edge to work either so he could not do a proper diagnostic . So, he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong with but suspected that it had a main board failure / bad cpu and it would cost $5000.00 to fix it and to get it working properly.
I was not expecting that and was taken back by what he said because i saw it printing before i bought it and thought it was going to be a 'small' issue'. i was expecting $1000 maybe $2000 to fix it.
When i showed up to pick it up the machine, they didn't charge me for they did, which was really nice. They also felt bad that they could do anything for us. But i did ask what would cause something like this to happen. He suspects that even though i saw it printing and working fine, although it had been sitting for some years, once i moved it and brought it home i may have unknowingly damaged something, he wasn't exactly sure. He has only seen a hand full of issues like mine over the years he has worked there.
Now the machine sits at home. I might try and fix it myself with parts i find online. Or look into getting an Edge FX....not sure.
Thanks to all for you comments and suggestions, they were all very helpful!
