i agree, I have put the lid back on it. From the reasrch I have done other people who have bought the same machine have tried to use the parallel port with mach 3 but will no luck, they have since used the usb and the usbcnc software. I have sent a message to the seller, im hoping we can come to an arrangement and I buy a genuine planet board as I would of thought that would be the best way forward instead of shipping parts too and frow. Does that sound like a reasonable plan of action? also confused as to why the x-axis isnt playing ball too