{"id":5772,"date":"2025-10-09T14:34:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/?p=5772"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:03:30","slug":"sad-day-for-my-elegoo-saturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/sad-day-for-my-elegoo-saturn\/","title":{"rendered":"What Screen Death Looks Like On My Elegoo Saturn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Results from tank clean command on my Elegoo Saturn’s dying LCD screen.<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct. 9, 2025<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A sad day, confirming my long held belief that there was something off with my Elegoo Saturn. I knew it had a dead spot at 12:00 and that failures were frequent below it too. I mention this as early as my Revell Arizona 1917 conversion project with the box of failure picture. I’d come to avoid the vertical center of the Saturn’s build area for all of my recent German Recognition ship prints. With their completion I finally drained the vat and took a look at what was going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What an odd death pattern. I get and expected the 12:00 patch of darkness but the brightness around it is odd, as is the dim area just under the brightness. I’m guessing the left and right flanks are normal? I’d still had good luck printing in those areas. Or is the brightest area around the 12:00 dead zone the only part still functioning at 100%? The underlying grid pattern is also unexpected and seems like it could cause issues. I wish I’d done this test when I first got the printer to establish a base line. Also wish I knew what could cause these types of failure. Think I’ll post this on Redit and see if anyone can enlighten me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I’ve had the Saturn for about 3 years it had only run for approximately 200 hours before the first Arizona print failures, not much by any standard. I did do all my printing in an unheated\/un-cooled shed so it did see temps in the range of 40-100 degrees Fahrenheit, but the same is true for my Creality LD-002r resin printer and it’s still fine with much more print time on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve looked into replacement screens and they are no longer available from Elegoo. The only option I’ve seen is from Chitu box, they don’t look identical to the Elegoo part but are likely fine, if I wanted to spend $119 USD on Amazon. Currently the Saturn 2 & 3 are still selling new for $279 with slightly larger build areas and much higher resolutions, though I do hate rewarding such poor durability and support with repeat business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suppose I can keep using it “as is” for a while longer, maybe prices will drop or a new killer resin printer will be released. With winter coming there’s no rush for me to buy new right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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