Hi B&O lovers,

Is it still possible to  obtain the Service Tool for BeoSound 5 / Beomaster 5? I.ve tried several links but they all are not available anymore.

Much obliged,

Joris

I downloaded the file from this thread before the file was deleted.  I'm no expert in file sharing but I found this one called TransferNow and I think it works.  I'm pretty sure the zipped folder you can download from this link will give you everything you need (it worked for me, anyway).

The link is valid for 7 days: 

Hello friends

live recently bought a SSD 3D band from aliexpress and it has destroyed my beomaster 5

the reset switch does not work anymore I need to shorten the pins for a reset

servicetoom can’t clone HDD it stops at 100 % at beomaster 5 recovery step

I Can use another hdd with software i stalker on it but I want to have it working as it did

 

I also noticed that under servicetool the version was not existing under ml5 and I could not install it by updating it it was updating for hours without ending

I believe something want wrong in bios anyone know what to do how tonreset bios or anything

 

 

Hi Rendboell,

I was able to download the servicetool from your link.  https://1drv.ms/u/c/5f5793d1aa0888fc/EcnGOaw5kr1BhGEJEEOwiZoBwb_SF5vQD8VQ5auhdmMYjw?e=M6Q5mqThank you.

But: in my downloadmap I could not unpack the files. McAfee has put it in quarantine because of treat: Tool-renew-pass.

What should I do?

Thanks for helping me in this.

greetz,

Joris

Hi, I have a Beomaster 5 and a Beosound 5. Recieved second hand and the network settings didn't work. I managed to add an USB-CD-player by USB for ripping and it worked. When entering the service mode and choosing the wheel to Network Info the system froose and had to be manualy restarted. I needed old old ps2 keyboard and a ps2 to usb-adaptor to enter the service mode. After I did a recovery the network not working and CD-player also not working anymore. Ofcourse I have the original software (Embedded XP) back. Can I with this servertool (witch I maneged to download) update the systeem and the BIOS. Just before I decide to change the harddrive to a 2GB SSD? I bought this set to change it to https://beosound5c.com/ But till now on it's still working on an old motherboard and Windows XP I will give it a try before I will rip out the motherboard and make it a Beosound 5c. Groet, Jan.

After another attempt to get it working, I'm giving up. It only starts up when an external CD player is connected via USB. I don't know why either.

No internet connection despite connecting it via a UTP cable. Updating drivers, I was able to set the IP address to a static IP address via the service menu. It did't work.

I think the motherboard is broken after all these years. Unfortunately, my old laptop with Windows 7 isn't connecting either.
In the coming months, I'm going to convert this Beomaster 5 into a Beomaster 5C and see if it's worth the effort considering the investments in a Raspberry Pi and more.

In the meantime, I'm using my Beosound 5 Encore, with a Beogram 4500 CD and a Beogram 4500 turntable connected to it. With an old B&O switch.

I recently swapped the Beocenter 2 for a Beosound Encore, hence the separate Beogram 4500 CD. In combination with an Almando Powerlink Switch Stereo, Apple Airport Express (for streaming music), and Beolabs 8000, everything I want works.
Groet, Jan.

Which recovery process did you use? The built in windows XP recovery tool may have messed it up if that is what you ran.

When you accessed the network page did you have the ethernet connected to your router?

I recently managed to upgrade mine to SSD and install the O/S fresh on it using the service tools. It's made an improvement to boot times.

I was looking at the 5c project the other day - it looks very impressive.

An update. The network output and the top USB output are no longer fully functional. With the help of a USB hub, I was able to connect a USB to LAN cable. I was able to update the driver using a Windows XP driver via a USB stick. I have now been able to update the software to the latest version. Login to view image The next step is to open the Beomaster 5, clean it internally, and see why the UTP and USB connections aren't working. It's nice to get this older B&O working again before I switch to the Beosound 5C with a Raspberry Pi 5.

Hi All,

I followed the instructions to clone SSD with correct alignment:

(B) Install Beomaster 5 on a 1 TB SSD drive WD Blue NAND 1TB with 1MB alignment for SSD drives and resized partitions.

 

I got stuck with the following instructions:

(5) When Hirens Boot CD is loaded: Open Command Prompt in Hirens Boot CD. Find it in Programs -> Other.
(6) When Command Prompt is loaded. Move to the root of the USB drive by typing cd /e e: (you may need
to use cd.. to go to the root of the d drive before typing the command)
(7) Type this to install BM5: ghost32.exe -align=1mb -sze1=f -sze2=f -sze3=890000M -sze4=f

 

Question: When I load Hirens Boot CD USB, I get a few options. One is to start Windows XP mini. When I start that I can start the command prompt, but when I type in the : ghost32.exe -align=1mb -sze1=f -sze2=f -sze3=890000M -sze4=f 

It returns an error, program not found. When I go to the directory with the programs and change the line into:

ghost32.cmd -align=1mb -sze1=f -sze2=f -sze3=890000M -sze4=f 

Norton Ghost starts, but when I install Image700.GHO, alignment of the SSD partitions is very strange and the drive returns errors after a while.

 

Please help, it seems I forget a step.

Thanks,
Andre.