# Taz 5 x-axis movement failure - busted board?

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**Category:** LulzBot TAZ\
**Created:** [October 12, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz-5-x-axis-movement-failure-busted-board/23818 "2021-10-12T02:12:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz-5-x-axis-movement-failure-busted-board/23818/1 "2021-10-12T02:12:54Z")

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Hi All,

My Taz 5 x-axis stopped rotating the stepper motor, and I am worried the board is broken. It precipitated with the x-axis stepper motor axel snaping during a print, and when I tried to fix it with a new stepper motor, I noticed that the stepper motor wasn’t turning when I moved it using the screen and dial. The motor tries to roatate but can only seem to move a millimeter before going back.

I pluged the x-axis cable into the into the y-axis motor (which is working fine) to see if it was a some sort of board issue, and I got the same results where it tries to move but just can’t.

Has anyone had this problem does it just mean i need a new board or is there some way to fix this? Or does someone think it is something else. I would love for it to be something esle so I don’t have to buy a new board.

thanks