TronXY X5S with MKS BASE 1.4 Motherboard Upgrade

Time to upgrade the electronics...

[SteliosLiver]

Do not forget to set the Vref for each driver in use...
My settings for the MKS BASE V1.4 & V1.5 (with R100 sense resistors @ the A4988 drivers, and the stock motors) are:
X=0.80V
Y=0.80V
Z=1.09V
E=1.20V (with a titan geared extruder)

[reminisce]

Thank you for the great video!~~
I might have questions later

[Plizze]

Your channel is interesting, I have a MKS Gen 1.4 but I have not installed it yet on X5S.
Is not too much charge (in electrical consumption) 2 motors for 1 driver TMC2208?
In other tutorials the people use Extruder [1], as second motor axial Z..

[Thebadxj]

hello Stelios,   good video, I am currently wiring a MKS SBASE v1.3 to my X5S and can not figure out where the fan wiring goes on this board . is there a way for you to show how you wired yours? a diagram?  thanks

[mathieudupre]

Hi,
It is tempting! I'd like to change my motherboard too but I'll have few questions if you mind.
Are your using the stock PSU? In other words, do I have to change the PSU?
I've seen there are many MKS MB. 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, etc...May I ask you why choosing the 1.4, and is it the same with the other versions?
Thks for your answer

[wilyartihoward]

I just bought a X5SA. It has a blown motherboard... I am trying to get a warranty claim atm. What board would you recommend? It currently has a F mini (STM32F103 chip). I can reuse the included touchscreen.

[moriconanjohn]

By the way, which board are you in favor and more easier to setup? Gen L or Base? the octoprint, did you use a pi zero wifi? it is better if you can provide some kind of wiring diagram. Thanks you

[wrxsubaru]

Do you know if the X5SA touch screen will work with MKS boards? i heard that it does not work and i dont understand why that is

[donaldking]

i did a quick look around the web and it seems the board you used is sold out and the one on sale uses step sticks which is ok with me would the same marlin config work?

[AlanBWarrick]

How did you get both z motors connected? given there is only one z header on the board and based on the video you used both motors, how'd you do that?

[rohms]

Hi can you tell me did you use marlin 1.1.8 for the mks base? I’m attempting to do this same mod and nothing seems to work

[donaldking]

stelios
can i get a list of parts you used may be time to cut losses and use something that works
thanks don

[longle]

For some reason all my motors was reverse. I made these changes to the Configuration.h

// Invert the stepper direction. Change (or reverse the motor connector) if an axis goes the wrong way.
#define INVERT_X_DIR false
#define INVERT_Y_DIR false
#define INVERT_Z_DIR true

[donaldking]

Hello Stelios
I hope you can help I bought this BIQU KFB3.0 3D Control Board +LCD 12864 Module Display Monitor Motherboard + A4988 Stepstick Stepper Motor Driver Module to replace MB on my X5S because i slipped when setting voltage to stepper and blew one of the drivers. I tried the setting you used only selecting the Mks gen 15 board as that seemed like the closets match. board takes up load and the repirer host connects to it but steppers do not power up and lcd screen lights up but no data. Thanks in advance don