Blown Fuse in Bose Companion 3 Multimedia Speaker System Acoustimass Module

this is probably going to be very difficult to get into, Bose tends to be one of the hardest.

You probably need a special tool, or need to make something that fits into the holes, and presses some releases in them and then turn one way or another, I dont have experience with this model but that would be my guess, companies tend to make special tools to open their products so it would be more cost effective to send it to them so they make the money for it.

 

I can understand your point and agree with you to some degree, but I like some of the things like that, because more often than not you're never going to have to do any work on it.
I've seen Bose systems that you would spend days trying to get into but have worked for 10-12 years before there were any issues with it, so you get your money's worth out of it, same for Macs you could have one for 5-10 years and never have the need to open it, whereas you take a windows laptop/pc and chances are in 6-9 months you will probably have to open it for some reason or other, and chances are in that 5-10 years you will need a lot of service/upgrades in order for it to continue to function

 

You do realize that almost all the hardware in current mac computers is identical to that of a PC, same components, made in the same factory and made by the same people using mostly the same 3rd party parts? Since it's the same hardware it's going to have the same life expectancy, unless you force a software update that necessitates a hardware update...

Anyway to the OP good to hear you fixed it... In the future for anyone doing this I highly recommend getting a couple 'cell phone' service tool kits on Ebay... The tools in these kits are very similar to the tools used by the authorized repair centers to crack open the hidden lock tabs found in most devices...

This is just a random example...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-in-1-Kit-...ltDomain_0&hash=item1c1b287766#ht_6086wt_1163

The yellow seam splitters and blue "guitar" pics are a God send when cracking devices open as are the small screw drivers to push tabs...

BTW: If you do a lot of work get multiples of these, unlike the high quality ones made of Delrin or Nylon used by the pros, these are cheap plastic and they fatigue quiet quick under use...