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Anyone know what motherboard is used in an Ensemble? I have 3 units that are defective and would like to at least try and replace the mobo.
It's a AM2 mini ITX board but not sure of mfg.
Any help is appreciated.
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You might PM Marc Koval, a forum member who performs repair services on Meridian equipment after a long career with Meridian USA. The PrivateMessage function is under "My Stuff" on the top banner, then Messages, then "new private message". There is also a user list for PM addresses of the members.
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FL1: 861v4, ID40, 218, MS200, DSP8000SEs, DSP7200SEC, DSP5000s, DirecTv, AppleTv, OppoBD103, QNAP469, Roon FL2: Marantz 7005, 251, M60s,60C,33s, Oppo BDP-93,MS200, Roon
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Sadly I've fallen foul of a blown Motherboard! Apart from the MotherShip, is there anyone that can repair these things outside of Warranty in UK???
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Whilst ChrisJC is always worth a chat to, don't write off Mother too quickly. They fixed my Source:Five.
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My Motherboard has also become faulty. The unit won't boot up.
So that makes it 5 that have been reported in this thread.
I wonder if it is some common fault that occurs after 5 years.
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One possible age-related failure would be the motherboards real-time clock / configuration settings backup battery.
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The backup battery is indeed flat.
Do you have any idea how to restore the configuration settings?
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If you replace the battery, I wonder if the system will take care of the settings for you.
Failing that, I'm guessing that it has a VGA socket on the board. If you were feeling brave enough to access it and plug in a USB keyboard, it should be possible to get into the BIOS and put things right (assuming that it the problem).
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I replaced a motherboard and dead battery in a Source:One and it worked fine afterwards without doing anything else.
If a motherboard is replaced you will have to tell Meridian you changed boards from the one with your current MAC address to a new board and MAC address or else it won't log into the Meridian cloud service. Without that it won't update unless you re-register it.
It will work without doing that but it just won't get the next software update. I paid a premium partner for their time to help me register the MAC address.
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