Versions of Beosound / Beomaster 5 based on serial number?

[MJBeo]

Hi all, I am looking at a second hand Beosound/Beomaster 5 combination but I am wondering which version is the ‘improved’ one with the brighter screen on the BS5 and the 1 TB on the BM5. I saw somewhere july 2011 as production date for the 500 GB to 1 TB change, but I would like to know if I can see from the serial number or type number which version is on sale.

Related question: do all beomaster 5 suffer from the bad motherboard or is the 1TB version less prone to the issues.

Thanks in advance and sorry if this was answered earlier in the archived forum, I tried my best to find it but did not succeed.

[jacope]

Cant speak to the motherboard or storage, but updated display is from serial no. 23435307 onward.

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[Guy]

Now that archivedforum2 is working (apart from the search function), here’s a couple of BM5/BS5 threads that may be helpful (although I am not sure whether your specific question is covered):

https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/14870/340691.aspx

https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/14541/273312.aspx

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[MJBeo]

Thanks Guy and Jacope!

https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/14541/273312.aspx

This was the one I was searching for indeed. Does not mention if the issues with the motherboard got less with the 1 TB version, so that is still an open questiion.

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