# Re Flashing Uno **URL:** \ **Category:** Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [May 5, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332 "2016-05-05T15:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnIsbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@JohnIsbell](https://community.inventables.com/u/JohnIsbell)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332/1 "2016-05-05T15:30:40Z")
Im not sure if anyone else is having this problem. But every few days I have to re flash the uno. It will run fine for days. Then it starts exaggerating cuts in the x axis. Its like it is stretching the image. After re-flash it works again for a few days. Any ideas on what causes this? ---
**Author:** ![NathanButler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/nathanbutler/32/21390_2.png) [@NathanButler](https://community.inventables.com/u/NathanButler)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332/2 "2016-05-05T15:43:38Z")
Wow. That’s super bizarre. You sure you aren’t changing the steps/mm settings? ---
**Author:** ![JohnIsbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@JohnIsbell](https://community.inventables.com/u/JohnIsbell)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332/3 "2016-05-05T15:53:00Z")
Nope. Haven’t changed anything. It was fine last night, come out this morning and try to rerun something I have already done and it went squirrely… ---
**Author:** ![NathanButler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/nathanbutler/32/21390_2.png) [@NathanButler](https://community.inventables.com/u/NathanButler)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332/4 "2016-05-05T15:54:47Z")
Is the X axis movement elongated or shrunk? Is it proportionally scaled or are some parts to scale and some are stretched? Does it follow the same path every time it does a pass? ---
**Author:** ![LarryM](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/larrym/32/51450_2.png) [@LarryM](https://community.inventables.com/u/LarryM)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332/5 "2016-05-05T16:33:40Z")
@JohnIsbell That is truly strange. I would just get a replacement Arduino and see if that fixes it. They’re not that expensive. I would get a “real” one though, I have found issues with the clones that I’ve tested. ---
**Author:** ![JohnIsbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@JohnIsbell](https://community.inventables.com/u/JohnIsbell)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332/6 "2016-05-05T17:07:59Z")
It is elongating. And on each path it gets offset a little more. I have a Uno R2 . Going to flash it and see if it works better. ---
**Author:** ![NathanButler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/nathanbutler/32/21390_2.png) [@NathanButler](https://community.inventables.com/u/NathanButler)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332/7 "2016-05-05T17:47:56Z")
Could you copy and paste your G Code into a private message to me? I’d like to see what Chilipeppr’s virtual preview of the toolpaths looks like. ---
**Author:** ![JohnIsbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@JohnIsbell](https://community.inventables.com/u/JohnIsbell)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332/8 "2016-05-05T17:50:27Z")
Im importing a svg into Easel and generating the paths there. ---
**Author:** ![eried](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/eried/32/67219_2.png) [@eried](https://community.inventables.com/u/eried)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332/9 "2016-05-05T18:40:32Z")
I have experienced this issue only once in my life with a cheap arduino clone. Which arduino do you have? Is the Uno smd by arduino slr? Get the one from the real arduino.cc 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JohnIsbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@JohnIsbell](https://community.inventables.com/u/JohnIsbell)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/re-flashing-uno/23332/10 "2016-05-05T23:01:46Z")
I have the Uno that came with the kit from inventables. Its the SMD edition.