I repair and modify Time Capsules; I can also add different drives to 'upsize' them. The 'repair' is usually the PSU that has cooked in its own heat - the capacitors die. The modification is to the internal cooling fan, which ''as built''; has no air inlet hole, faces the wrong way and is not turned on. Correct these blunders and the whole TC will run 10°C cooler. *nice* :-)
To upsize to 2TB try to not use the latest WD drives (good as they are), they will '''NOT''' spin-down in the TC environment. Use a Samsung F4 Eco-Green, works well has has proved to be very reliable.
To upsize to 3TB, again do not use the WD 3TB green offering. It will not spin-down and as a result takes more power than it should and keeps the internal temperature slightly higher than is good. Use a Hitachi 3TB Deskstar (especially when the prices come back down to sensible levels from their present very high level).
Cheers,
Chris Fackrell
www.fackrell.me.uk
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When 'upsizing' the Time Capsule, I used to use the Hitachi Deskstar but no longer do so. The drive of choice, primarily because of cost and availability, is now the Seagate Barracuda. I have not done a great number of these so far, about 5x only with no negative comments. Slightly disconcerting is the UK warranty offered on these is only 1 year.
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The Hitachi was 2 years and is now 1. This for me was almost a tad unfortunate as I had two failures of these drives inside TCs that I had upsized, after 11 months 2 weeks and few days!
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Excellent timing Hitachi... they did replace them and the new units returned have been running now for a few months; again no negative comments.
Hello Richard,
I repair and modify Time Capsules; I can also add different drives to 'upsize' them. The 'repair' is usually the PSU that has cooked in its own heat - the capacitors die. The modification is to the internal cooling fan, which ''as built''; has no air inlet hole, faces the wrong way and is not turned on. Correct these blunders and the whole TC will run 10°C cooler. *nice* :-)
To upsize to 2TB try to not use the latest WD drives (good as they are), they will '''NOT''' spin-down in the TC environment. Use a Samsung F4 Eco-Green, works well has has proved to be very reliable.
To upsize to 3TB, again do not use the WD 3TB green offering. It will not spin-down and as a result takes more power than it should and keeps the internal temperature slightly higher than is good. Use a Hitachi 3TB Deskstar (especially when the prices come back down to sensible levels from their present very high level).
Cheers,
Chris Fackrell
www.fackrell.me.uk