Good afternoon everyone! Welcome back. Yes Gunther! You were the one Thank you for posting the new cap, will start looking for them soon. Here I have desoldered the right most power cap. In better light today, I have also noticed a slight bulge on the center cap - so it will without a doubt be changed. I would suggest you re-examine yours as well. Thanks

[quote user="Rich"]there are 59 (!!!!) wires soldered to this board[/quote] I just counted those on my 3000 and I find at least 65!!! I hope your 4000 is returned to you ASAP.

So my first questions to the professionals: 1) Should I desolder the caps or is applying heat to unstable caps not safe? Or should I just clip the wires? Never encountered something like this before and want to be safe. 2) What are [or who makes] good replacements for these three caps?

I think I have already found the culprit to my problem!!! Much like the capacitor picture posted in Rich's "BM4000 Down!" thread, the power cans in my Master have failed. The two smaller caps have failed and I'll assume the largest has also. I was actually quite suprised mine were faulty. From above they looked flawless. I wish I had

With a unit that has never been opened before, it is interesting to find such a lot of black goo all in one place.......

After getting off the bottom plate I can have my first glimpse of underneath.

The BeoMaster is on the counter and here I have removed the six screws on the bottom to get the bottom cover off.

[quote user="IkeA"] Evan, I LOVE what you've done to your Hot-Rod Beosound 4500 "Custom". The minute attention to details makes your system stand out! It is this attention to deatil that separates a "Show Winner" from the other Hot-rod wannabees! [/quote] Hello IkeA, thank you for your wonderful comment!!! I am also

Finally, summer time has arrived and after a huge hiatus, it is time to bring my 3000 back to life!! I'll make a pictorial out of this with my repairs. Right now the BM3000 sits on the kitchen counter with the lid off and I am itemizing the electrolytics on the amp board. Next to me is a copy of the service manual awaiting my notes! I can't

I'm disappointed in myself on this one. I hardly want to show my face! I was eager about it the day you posted it Lee, but I was stressed about finals at the time and soon after transferring schools (still in progress). I am sorry Lee.