Is a Time Capsule's hard drive user-replaceable? Will Apple do it?

Thanks -

I reposted these questions as a new thread and you found them, and answered well, on that post before finding this one. So you've got me covered - thank you!

Mine died last week. Most probably the power supply has gone south. I think it should last a little bit longer than 1+ years. I also think that there should be a replacement - even free - for the power supply, silly to buy a new Time Capsule every year. That is not the kind of quality you expect from Apple.

cheers

Fdonatelli... can you please tell me who you contacted to make this happen? I've already sunk the bundle into the replacement but with your encouraging words I will reach back out to whoever is the best source and try to get some coverage from them.

Our 500GB Time Capsule fell six feet while the hard drive was active.

It - did - not - survive.

I ordered a WD "Green" 1TB drive from Other World Computing for about $110 including shiping. Took about 15 minutes to install and worked perfectly. It's faster, cooler and quieter than it was before.

Mine just died after 18 months. After reading that Apple won't repair them, I opened up the case. These things are very poorly designed. There's a blower fan that has no vent - the rubber 'sole' is covering what little holes there are in the metal plate that the fan is attached to. It's really absurd.

The power supply itself looks like someone's final project from electronics 101. In a stark contrast to the logic board (and every other Apple innard I've ever seen) the thing looks sloppily hand-soldered and it's covered in big gobs of glue, which would make repair unnecessarily difficult. It should be a simple matter to pull the handful of capacitors off of the board, test them with an ohm meter, and then get a replacement for the blown one from Radio — er, um — The Shack for 89¢, but it seems like they've deliberately sabotaged it with the excess glue.

It's almost like they had the MobileMe team build the power supplies.

Anyway, if anyone finds a way to get a hold of a replacement power supply (or if someone would with a working unit be so kind as to provide a pinout of the non-standard connector that attaches the power supply to the logic board — you may need it yourself in the future) it would be greatly appreciated.

I agree with the excessive glue comments.
Mine died this morning and I can't believe you can't literally buy (even through a service agent) a power supply. It's easier to take out than the drive.

I replaced the two bulging caps that seemed to causing the problem, but it still didn't light up unfortunately.

Oh well..... having second thoughts about getting another....

If anyone knows were to get a power supply for one of these, I'd be very happy.

Regards,
Matt