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Dissecting the Jukebox 6000

Taking the Archos apart requires a torx driver and a very small phillips head screwdriver. The phillips screwheads are about 2mm in diameter.

Also see the page dedicated to disassembling the archos.

The two circuit boards in the Archos are here called the "top" and "bottom" board. They are both populated on both sides.

Bottom of bottom board

(142kB). You will note five ICs in the picture:

• In-Systems ISD200 ATA to USB bridge
• SST 37VF020 2MB flash ROM
• ISSI IS41LV16105 2MB fast page DRAM
• Sipex SP692ACN Low Power Microprocessor Supervisory with Battery Switch-Over (partly covered with white insulation in the photo)
• A standard Motorola AC139 logic IC (text unreadable in the photo)

Top of bottom board

Removing the bottom board involves bending a couple of metal holders that break very easily. Be careful. The board is connected via two pin connectors, one at each end.

(211kB). ICs:

• Archos DCMP3J, most likely an SH7034 SH-1 RISC with custom mask rom. (Thanks to Sven Karlsson.)
• TI HC573M Latch (appears unlabeled in the photo)
• Fairchild LCX245 Bidirectional Transceiver
• A standard Motorola AC32 logic IC (xor)

Bottom of top board

• Micronas MAS3507D MPEG-1/2 Layer-2/3 Decoder
• Micronas DAC3550A Stereo Audio DAC