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Thunder Laser Aurora Windows Driver for Lightburn problems for when your laser shows Disconnected and not Ready

How to resolve "Disconnected" and not "Ready" states in LightBurn for the Aurora machine, covering missing and incorrect driver installation on Windows.

1 min read1 videoUpdated Jul 2026
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Applies toAuroraTopicSoftware

Preface: This is for when you are unable to get the "Ready" state in Lightburn for your Aurora machine. Most of the issues will be due to the driver install.

Quickstart Video

In this video we discuss two scenarios. Scenario 1: When there is no driver installed and Scenario 2: When the incorrect driver is installed. The solutions are basically the same with the exception Scenario 2 has an additional step. This video will show two ways of installing the Lightburn Driver, since at times the easy way does not always work.

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