Spaghetti, SPAGHETTI everywhere [SOLVED!]

Bambu Lab X1 Series Troubleshooting
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Hello,

First post here!

Finally received my X1C combo plus two AMS units. Set it up with just one AMS running the included Bambu Orange PLA filament for test (replaced the buffer with the AMS hub)… and here is where the good times end haha. All default settings detected off the RFID; I have only set up Wi-Fi. Not even connected to Handy app yet (that is a separate binding issue). Anyway…

• calibration pre AMS went well. Twice.
• inserted the PEI Textured sheet with Vision Miner spread all over it; aligned it perfectly.
• replaced buffer with hub; set up AMS with included orange PLA.
• tried printing the Benchy, received the Z Axis homing error [300 4000]. Tried running calibration; same error.
• RESTARTED the printer (before doing any troubleshooting, when in doubt “Restart”), and ran calibration. Went well. No Z axis homing error. Good.

At this point I thought I’d print the Benchy again…

• FIRST TRY: first layer went well; no defects detected. Walked away, came back to finding half of the Bench under the bed with spaghetti everywhere. Stopped it.
• SECOND TRY: defects were detected in the first layer; asked me to resume, so I did. Spaghetti again. Stopped.

I am new to 3D printing, well at least new to doing it myself. I am sure there is something stupidly simple I am missing here. Would appreciate any help from the veterans here.

Thank you.

P.s. worth adding; the printer is on a stable, solid surface.

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Hmm, you’re using a PEI sheet ? - I dont think you need any glue on the surface with PEI

Try cleaning it all off ?

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Before we dig deeper into it to try solving the problem - did you print the Benchy on the X1 directly from the provided gcode in the printer? Because it is sliced with the cold plate and therefore it should not work on the textured PEI sheet.

I would even expect more troubles already during initial print start.

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This was exactly my problem. I guess I was assuming that plate detection was automatic and it sets the built-in file parameters.

Yup, all fixed now. Thank you.

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Im actually having a similar problem except its with the default cold plate. Does anyone know the solution for that? (I’m pretty basic in knowledge with printing)

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Might be a silly question, but since you didn’t specify…

Are you using glue on the cold plate?

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How did you manage to fix it?