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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Beomaster 8000: uProcessor Board - Jumpers/Resoldering Vias and Two New Capacitors

The Beomaster 8000 display board that I just restored came with the uProcessor PCB attached. So I checked on the B&O recommended jumpers that bridge the bunch of vias that often go intermittent on these boards. Here is the view from the top after removing the EMI cans:

And from the bottom. It appears that the jumpers were put into place already during an earlier visit to a service department:

I reflowed the vias that they did not cover, and then replaced the two electrolytic capacitors on the board:

After this I replaced the can covers and then cleaned all headers with a fiber glass pen. A thin DeoxIT D100L coat on the header pins finished the job.


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