Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5 Service Tool

[Rendboell]

Hello all,

Because of the interest in the Service Tool for BS5 / BM5, I have made the 2.5 GB zip file available for all. Use this link for download:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvyICKrRk1dflLEkQs3K36JxF2p_EQ

Be patient with the download. It is highly compressed and will take some time to unzip.

I have attached a short introduction to the content, the B&O Service Manual and updated guides on how to install a new SSD:

(1) B&O instructions for the Service Tool in the Service Manual for BS5 / BM5. The manual has instructions on how to update the BIOS and replace motherboard, harddisk, B&O master board, etc.

(2) My guides on how to use the service tool with Hirens Boot CD to use the original B&O clone (Norton Ghost) on a new SSD with correct alignment for SSD drives, including optimizations for SSD drives.

If you have any questions, please ask in this thread.

Best regards,

Jens

[Rendboell]

More attached guides:

(1) How to replace the harddisk / HDD with a SSD drive to get a faster Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5, as well as how to backup the BM5 with Macrium Reflect.

(2) How to install a 1 TB SSD drive. This is not verified as I have installed a 2 TB SSD, but I think it will work.

Best regards,

Jens

[Madskp]

Just being a little curious I downloaded  the image and are looking at the windows installation at the Norton Ghost image.

But I haven’t stumbed upon a BS5 program folder or file. Isn’t there one, or is it just burried deep down in the folder structure?

[Rendboell]

Use ImageUSB 1.5 to copy the service tool to a USB stick.

The bin file you want to copy to a USB stick is in this folder in the download:

(1) Beomaster 5 Servicetool\BS5-BM5_ST\BS5-BM5_ST\ServiceTool\bm5 imageusb.bin (3.7 GB)

Then follow the instructions in chapter 4.4 in the included Service Manual for BS5 / BM5.

See the “Short introduction to 2 ways of using the service tool” (attached here and also in the download).

[Rendboell]

If you want to use Hirens Boot CD and Norton Ghost to install a new SSD with correct alignment for SSD drives, then you have to unzip / unpack the 3.7 GB bin file to get the Image700.GHO (1.7 GB).

Then follow instructions in “(2) Beomaster 5 Clone to SSD (Symantec Ghost)” to install a 1 TB SSD or a 2 TB SSD. (attached here and also in the download).

[Stan]

Thanks for posting this.  You are doing God’s work with this :D.

[Frog]

Nice,

 

I had it, then lost it. You have included all the extra components that are useful too!

note, if trying to access the disk and have the Beomaster 5 on a secure subnet (which is wise as it uses windows XP CE), you need to change the settings in Windows Firewall (on the beomaster 5) in the file and printer sharing to allow access from other subnets.

[Shunil Lal]

• Hello , my BM5 hard drive crashed recently and can not be cloned. What are my options as B&O in Singapore do not service the BM5/BS 5 anymore. How do I replace my hard drive. Thank you.

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