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What model hard drive is used in a Time Capsule 5th gen

My Hard drive crapped out and want to place it but would like to know whats in there now without tearing it apart

Posted on Dec 25, 2018 7:39 AM

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Bob Timmons

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Posted on Dec 25, 2018 8:21 AM

It has been awhile since I looked inside the Time Capsule, but the hard drive was supplied by Seagate. It's a SATA drive, either 2 TB or 3 TB. Seagate makes higher capacity drives as well. More info here:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-Internal-3-5-Inch-ST2000DM006/dp/B01IEKG402?th=1

The article linked below mentions a WD Green 6 TB drive as the replacement, so WD might be worth a look as well.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Airport+Time+Capsule+A1470+Hard+Drive+Replacement/61924

Opening up the Time Capsule and putting it back together is not an easy task. You will have to be extremely careful not to break a connector or tear a ribbon cable loose in the process.

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