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When you power up the board, the motors should not automatically energize. Something is wrong with you wiring if they are. And when you instruct a movement, that's when they will energize until they are explicitly turned off. How about your extruder, does it work (you will need to heat the hot end ...

Some photos of your board - the connector wiring in particular - will help. Take a look at this: http://sublimelayers.blogspot.com/2016/01/geared-stepper-motor-wiring-for.html It applies to all similar steppers like yours. You should not have any power to the stepper until the controller instructs ...

When you power up the board, the motors should not automatically energize. Something is wrong with you wiring if they are. And when you instruct a movement, that's when they will energize until they are explicitly turned off. How about your extruder, does it work (you will need to heat the hot end ...

I just recently changed my Folgertech kossel boards for a azteeg x5 mini v2. Most items are working like endstop switches, thermistors, hotend cartridge and heated bed. The motors are the only thing that will not move. When I power up the board, the stepper motors seem to be enabled since I can't ...