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Comment on Cricut Repair Info by Susana

Susana — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:59:45 +0000

Me again. OK, so I took the side of it off last night, following instructions on this page and others around the web (it put up a good fight) and checked it. There was absolutely nothing wrong inside. Nothing was loose, nothing was out of place, everything was doing what it was meant to do. I used the reset button, I prayed over it. Nothing. Completely dead. This morning I pressed the power button more out of habit than anything, and lo and behold, it turned on! I sincerely cannot take credit for having “fixed it” as I truly didn’t do anything except push things in that were already properly pushed in. Maybe my prayer was answered, or maybe these machines are just hugely temperamental. I don’t know.

Comment on Cricut Repair Info by Susana

Susana — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:16 +0000

I have this problem too. Just bought a used cricut original for my daughter las Sunday. It worked fine until Monday night. We tried to use the Craft Room and connected it to the computer. When I turned off the cricut and then tried to turn it on again it would not go on anymore. You press the on button and absolutely nothing happens. There’s power to the machine because the little green light is on on the power transformer/adaptor, whatever that thing is called.

Comment on Last Broken Cricut, Fixed! by Jasmine

Jasmine — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:25:40 +0000

Would you be willing fix it for me? If I sent it to you and paid for shipped both ways?

Comment on Last Broken Cricut, Fixed! by Jasmine

Jasmine — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:23:55 +0000

I have a cricut create machine. I went to turn my cricut on today and they only button that lights up is my power button. The green piece that holds the needed won’t move. What do I need to do? Please, help me!

Comment on Cricut Repair Info by corinne

corinne — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:09:21 +0000

Hey, I got the cricut expressions 2 and it has a broken belt and the company sent her a new one, but I was hoping instead of buying a new one that maybe you would know where I could get a new belt or how to fix the broken one? Cricut told me that they don’t sell replacement parts, so that is a pain! Thanks

Comment on Cricut Repair Info by everhack

everhack — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:41:20 +0000

I don’t believe there are any components on the mainboard between the processor pin and the limit switch other than a resistor. Most likely a break in that trace. Take a look at the large image I posted of the two-layer Expression board and see if you can identify the processor pin and resistor. It also could be that the ground or power connected to the other pin of the switch has become disconnected as well (actually this may be more likely). On your good expression board, probe both pins of the switch connector while the machine is on and see which one connects to ground (or +5) and check if your bad board does as well.

If you’re still stuck let me know and can determine for certain the answers to these two questions.

Comment on Cricut Repair Info by Bripilot

Bripilot — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:40:34 +0000

My wife has a perfectly working Cricut Expression (the 24″ one). A friend gave me another Expression which has the grinding sound as mentioned in the “Broken Limit Switch wires” section. I removed the right side and the wires are in good condition. I tested the switch with my meter and it is also good. I tried manually shorting the pins to no avail.

I then took the mainboard from my wife’s original machine and replaced the mainboard of the malfunctioning machine and that made it work fine. Therefore I believe the problem is on the mainboard itself. Replaced the original mainboard and it grinds again.

Any thought on what I could check in the main-board to make sure this isn’t something I could fix myself?

Comment on Cricut Repair Info by everhack

everhack — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:36:31 +0000

Not offhand, but the first thing I usually tell people is to make sure all cables are plugged in firmly at both ends. The upper end of the display cable can be squeezed just under the left side of the keyboard, no tools required. The lower end requires removing the bottom cover of the machine, its a gray ribbon cable at the left side of the motherboard.

Since the keyboard is lighting up partly though I’m suspicious that there may be one or more broken traces on the keyboard itself or the motherboard underneath.

Does the machine give any signs of working otherwise (I know it’s not “usable”) but I wonder if you are able to load an unload the cutting mat or move the carriage around with the cursor keys?

Comment on Cricut Repair Info by everhack

everhack — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:27:19 +0000

I’m going to guess one of the shift registers (chips) or more likely a broken trace on the keyboard is to blame. This is something I might be able to diagnose myself. I’ll contact you directly with more info since you should be able to remove the keyboard and send to me easier (and cheaper) than sending the whole machine assuming you’re interested.

Comment on Cricut Repair Info by Sharen

Sharen — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:06:35 +0000

I have a cricut expression and all five keys in the third column do not work when selecting a character to cut. I have tried removing the keypad overlay and pressing hard, it doesn’t make any difference. All other keys work, it’s just this one column of keys. Any idea how to fix??