Beomaster5 replace hdd

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geencar (archived2)
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Posted November 14, 2015 at 08:27 GMT
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Hi All,

I own a bm5 with origin hdd (500gb version). It is 5 years old now so I want to replace it with a new hdd/1Tb or ssd/512gb

I followed different discsussions here about replacing the harddisk. Seems to work but I think I may have found a better/easier way to do so.

I own an original B&O servictool usb stick and found the option "Clone System Drives"  and  "Clone Entire HDD" which should do the trick. I, do not know if it will work for disks larger than original ones (eg 512gb-> 1Tb)

I am willing to try but I do not have a manual for using the servicetool. Any one who can help out is more than welcome. Also I am willing to share the usb stick. I created an image and restored on another usb stick and as far as I can see it works.

Secondly there's the ssd issue. I downloaded the

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Posted November 19, 2015 at 12:23 GMT
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YHM

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senrab (archived2)
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Posted December 12, 2015 at 20:55 GMT
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Hi green car,

I am in the same position as you I brought my beomaster 2nd hand with pre installed music which I have added too over the years. The artwork and music are all mixed up. I would like to install a new drive so I can rebuild my music library. I have the 500gb version so a ssd 512 will be my choice. I see I will have to clone the drive and set new partitions. Does you service software have the means to do this. If so would you be able to send me a copy in some format please.
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senrab (archived2)
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Posted December 12, 2015 at 21:18 GMT
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Hi, The service manual is available free from hifi-manuals.com.
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geencar (archived2)
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Posted December 14, 2015 at 13:28 GMT
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Thank you for your help, I got a copy in the meantime but do appreciate your help a lot!

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geencar (archived2)
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Posted December 14, 2015 at 13:30 GMT
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Hi Kirby, 

please provide me with your emailadress 

 

Greetz

Geert

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senrab (archived2)
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Posted December 15, 2015 at 21:49 GMT
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Regards Paul.
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geencar (archived2)
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Posted February 11, 2016 at 08:38 GMT
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All,

 

Just wanted to inform you all that the suggested ssd is working without problems for over 5 weeks now. Some other members of this forum have installed the ssd also and are also running their systems without problems even longer than my system does.

One advice: the Crucial ssd is end of life and therefor hard to get.

 

 

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lano (archived2)
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Posted May 31, 2016 at 22:12 GMT
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geencar wrote:

All,

Just wanted to inform you all that the suggested ssd is working without problems for over 5 weeks now. Some other members of this forum have installed the ssd also and are also running their systems without problems even longer than my system does.

One advice: the Crucial ssd is end of life and therefor hard to get.

I need to change the SSD I currently are using, does the crucial still works OK? Is it possible to get a copy of the service tool?

Regards/LANO
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bigdeniz
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Posted November 5, 2016 at 20:47 GMT
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@ greencar: I also want to upgrade my BM5 to a sad but i often read that there are problems and the system hang. Can you give me the image of the B&O Service Tool via Dropbox? How big must be the USB Stick? 

What about the System Performance after the SSD Upgrade? 

It ist also possible to clone the old 500GB Harddrive without the Service Tool, external for example?

 

Thanks a lot.

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