Double post 😳

Thanks Utraviolent ! 🤒

Very good tips !

I noticed the several updates slow a bit down the fluid GUI of the BeoSound 5.

It's not new, we know that updates for a Windows system slow always down the entire hard disk.

So, your idea to replace the HDD for a SSD is really interesting. And i didn't know this clone machine. Very clever.

One thing : Is the SSD always recognized by the motherboard ? It doesn't need drivers ?

Hi Steph,

I was in doubt about this as well but no drivers were needed at all....Simply just plug and play, the new SSDs are backwards compatible... as long as the connector is right, you cant go wrong.

I tried the above described way with the cloning programs and Hirens etc. which all ended up that I got an error on my Display and nothing worked..

My problem was that I tried to merge the 500GB original disc to a slightly smaller SSD ( 480GB, I had this left...) which the cloning station doesn't do ... so I tried by hand and failed....

Finally I gave it a shot yesterday, with a new 500 GB SSD and my 400GB library was cloned in around an hour with the cloning station which is great... I tried to do a data copy using the Beomaster itself which ended in 3 days (!!!!) constant copying... forget this... take the HDD out, plug it into the station and let it do all the work...

The GUI will be superfluid after the SSD upgrade and you can keep the old HDD somewhere in storage if something goes wrong with the SSD or the data on it...

If B&O charges you over 300 Euro for a simple CD ROM drive aka Ripping Device, I wonder what they will charge you if you tell them your BS5 HDD crashed ( out of warranty ) and you need a new one with Windows embedded OS and all that :-)

If you have any questions, let me know - happy to help!

Stephan

P.S.: if you want to do it the super-correct way, get a 3,5" to 2,5" converter / frame for the HDD as you are not able to fix the much smaller SSD into the place where the old HDD was... ( Something like this:

I really think it's a good idea to swap the HDD for a fast one.

And apparently, the updates are OK, despite the change of hardware (serial number is copied too).

So, maybe my next purchase... with a BeoLab 11 for my BeoLab 3 connected to my BeoSound 5 ! 😕

I agree. Unfortunately (?) I have a 1TB disk in my BM5, and the price for a 1TB SSD s still quite high.

I had the original 500GB replaced to 1TB under warranty.

Instead I will make a copy in any case to another 1TB disk, that is really a good idea.

Thanks.

I tried to change the disk to a 1TB SSD (samsung 840EVO) without success...
I could easily copy everything to the disk, but the motherboard has problems detecting the SSD.

Sometimes it detects the SSD and boots without any problem. As long as the BM5  does not reboot it works perfect  (quick and smooth ....)
But when it reboots, sometimes it does not detect the ssd (no boot device available).
I found on the net this happens a lot with ssd's on older system boards.
Mostly a bios update or a firmware update of the ssd could do the job, but it has already the latest firmware.... so this is no solution for this problem. 
I emailed Samsung support and the only advise i've got from them is also bios/firmware update ...
I asked them if it can be the ssd is malfunctioning but no answer yet..
Maybe I will be able to try with another SSD in a couple of days...

nico

Nico,

Your original BeoMaster hard disk was a 1Tb too, or it was a 500 Gb ?

I am going to try the exact same tomorrow, however I am copying to a Samsung 512 Evo Pro SSD instead. I will share my results.

Steph wrote:

Nico,

Your original BeoMaster hard disk was a 1Tb too, or it was a 500 Gb ?

Nico,

Maybe this is why it's not totally OK.

Ultaviolent said to reduce the risks, the SSD should have the same capacity than the original HDD.

So, Frederik, we're waiting for your review !