@droftarts thank you very much for excellent explanation. it was the missing 2x jumper. I came home from work and connected the 2 jumpers and all 3 motors home successfully. Yesterday I had several issues updating the software was one including web interface, wifi firmware and not to mention the upgrade process from 2.x reprap to 3.x reprap that has to go through 3.0 to get to 3.2. During work today I was thinking mabye I could try to use the last stepper driver instead. didnt know if that would work, as you confirmed my thoughts are in the same direction if the z driver wouldnt work.
thanks.. the response I got here sorted me out.. now off to configuring this to work with correct dimensions.