@gsax yes, it is normal

@bpl8523 you can restart T2, it doesn't expire, it stops running 😉

@Maarten1965 I think it's a laser poor design, not the controller board fault. So, if you notice a full power emission, like the one you solved with the resistor, you can do the same bypass on the new board. I suggest to put the resistor on the laser itself

@Mikejac use a screwdriver and fix it 😉

@RodneyB what??? @Zax is the only one who answers quickly, not only about his product. You are extremely unfair.
He gave you all the answers you need, in my opinion.

@Jonatas-Silva it isn't a laser problem,but a bug in the elekscam software. If you search in the forum, the same problem, together with the bypass, is well described.
But I suggest you to try another software, like t2laser, much more stable and full of functions

@RodneyB what are you doing is save a dxf file with a bitmap inside, not a vector. What you need, for cutting, is a pure vector image. Just to simplify, a vector image of a line is a sum of informations about the line, starting coordinates, ending ones, thickness...
a bitmap image of a line isn't a line, but dots.
Please forgive me for the extreme semplification.
If you want to cut a star, you must design it, for example, in Inkscape (or any other tool that manages vectors), as a sum of lines (possibly as a closed object), then export in dxf.
As @Zax wrote, you can also trace the actual image in t2laser, to obtain a vector (do not use sketch filled).

@Zax you answered me, not the guy with the problem 😉

@mawu as @Zax said, check the power supply, not only the cable by itself

@alex-berardi pazienza 😉, Zax lavora sempre con la massima rapidità possibile, credimi.