Answers.Body: <p>Try putting a Wait block after the motor block. Set it to wait for 5 seconds.</p>
  
  <p>I think your program just terminates after one block. Please post your program next time you have a mindstorms question.</p>
  
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Body: <p>My NXT brick will not let motors run.  When I download a program the motor will move forward and backward and then stop - sort of a wiggle.  Another motor will not work at all.  This happens for all three ports.  Any suggestions.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Does this happen for all the motors you have? The problem could be there. I've had a motor which only ran in one direction (it did kind of get tortured before that, admittedly), for example. In any case, the customer service should be able to help you.
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Title: NXT brick output ports not working properly
UserDisplayName: Leonard Freidhof
ThreadText: # NXT brick output ports not working properly
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-04-13)
  
  My NXT brick will not let motors run. When I download a program the motor will move forward and backward and then stop - sort of a wiggle. Another motor will not work at all. This happens for all three ports. Any suggestions.
  
  **Tags:** nxt, mindstorms, programming, motor
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Does this happen for all the motors you have? The problem could be there. I've had a motor which only ran in one direction (it did kind of get tortured before that, admittedly), for example. In any case, the customer service should be able to help you.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2012-04-16. Score: 4
  
  Try putting a Wait block after the motor block. Set it to wait for 5 seconds.
  
  I think your program just terminates after one block. Please post your program next time you have a mindstorms question.
  
  
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