I have a 3 year old time capsule. Unfortunately, I did not have it on a surge protector. (save the flame, please. I have suffered enough.) Is it possible to get repaired? If not, can I remove and use the drives? Do not want to tear apart if that is not possible because of, well, whatever. Thanks for the advice.
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Drives in old Time Capsule
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It sounds like the internal logic board got fried. I don't think you will ben be able to find anybody to fix it. The drive is a just a standard 3.5" desktop drive, so assuming it did not get fried also, you can pull it out and reuse it.
Thanks. I was not sure if Apple had some propriety doohickey thingamabob that was non-standard a la blade SSDs in it or not. Since it is probably not repairable, I think I will pull it apart and see what I see.
I have had two old Time Capsules fail on me, I have sucessfully removed their inner hard drives. They are bog standard affairs and are completely re-useable in external enclosures. The only issue for me was heating the base of the TC up with a hair dryer to soften the glue. Softening the glue allows one to remove the rubber without damaging it too much, not a consideration in your case if the TC's are fried/dead.
The power supply (and lack of cooling) is the weak link in the original TC, and can be easily replaced.
I did one of mine with one of the recommended external supplies. It looks like heck, but works great.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapas...-routers-and-modems/apple-time-capsule-repair
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I did one of mine with one of the recommended external supplies. It looks like heck, but works great.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapas...-routers-and-modems/apple-time-capsule-repair
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