Why does my Cime Capsule keeps spooling every 2-3 mins?

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Why does my Cime Capsule keeps spooling every 2-3 mins?

Every 2-3 mins my time capsule spools up, I know this because I can audibly hear it. This even occurs when I eject the time capsule drive from all computors on my network and turn time machine OFF completely. Now I have gone into the logs and found that the spooling sound directly corresponds with the following message:

Jun 13 23:04:58	Severity:5	AFP login OK from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17.
Jun 13 23:04:58	Severity:5	AFP session from momneymoproblems@10.0.1.17 closing.

This repeats over and over every 2-3 mins:

Jun 13 22:55:20	Severity:5	AFP login OK from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17.
Jun 13 22:55:20	Severity:5	AFP session from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17 closing.
Jun 13 22:57:20	Severity:5	AFP login OK from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17.
Jun 13 22:57:20	Severity:5	AFP session from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17 closing.
Jun 13 22:57:41	Severity:5	AFP login OK from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17.
Jun 13 22:57:41	Severity:5	AFP session from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17 closing.
Jun 13 22:59:20	Severity:5	AFP login OK from moneymoproblems@10.0.1.17.
Jun 13 22:59:20	Severity:5	AFP session from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17 closing.
Jun 13 23:00:13	Severity:5	AFP login OK from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17.
Jun 13 23:00:13	Severity:5	AFP session from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17 closing.
Jun 13 23:01:21	Severity:5	AFP login OK from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17.
Jun 13 23:01:21	Severity:5	AFP session from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17 closing.
Jun 13 23:02:45	Severity:5	AFP login OK from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17.
Jun 13 23:02:45	Severity:5	AFP session from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17 closing.
Jun 13 23:04:58	Severity:5	AFP login OK from momoneymoproblems@10.0.1.17.
Jun 13 23:04:58	Severity:5	AFP session from momoneymoproroblems@10.0.1.17 closing.

Please someone help me its incredibly annoying. (the time capsule happens to be next to my bed)

Time Capsule 3rd Gen-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jun 13, 2012 11:01 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 14, 2012 1:12 AM in response to momoneymoproblems

It is also killing the hard disk. They can only stand a certain amount of this.

Reset to factory.. ie unplug the TC.. press and hold in the reset button and power on.. keep holding in the button until the led flashes rapidly.. (do not over press the reset.. if you do not have 3 arms which is the min required get someone to power it off at the wall for you.. and power on again).

If the disk still carries on.. flash firmware back to 7.5.2 which will fix it.

If you are on SL still as per your stated equipment there is no advantage to 7.6 firmware whatsoever other than fouling up AFP which it does really well.

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Answer 2

Jun 14, 2012 3:24 AM in response to LaPastenague

Sure enough you were spot on. The older OS fixed it right away. Hopefully it didnt cause too much damage to the disk...

Are there any other secrets I should now about the Time Capsule?

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Answer 3

Jun 14, 2012 2:24 PM in response to momoneymoproblems

Are there any other secrets I should now about the Time Capsule?

Mate.. do you really want to know.. !!

Keep it cool.. very very cool. Go to lengths to keep it cooler than it is now.

Once out of warranty.. or apple care.. remove the rubber mat.. and stick the TC on feet.. only like 1/4" (6mm) will stop the heat buildup underneath. Turning on the fan permanently is too noisy if you sleep with it.

But at some point you will need to replace the internal power supply.

Therein is my speciality.

https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair

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Answer 4

Jul 23, 2013 4:12 AM in response to LaPastenague

Well revertging to the old OS fixed my orginal problem now it appears that I have anew one...

Jun 14 06:20:16	Severity:5	Associated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 06:20:38	Severity:5	Disassociated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 06:25:15	Severity:5	Associated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 06:26:17	Severity:5	Disassociated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 06:42:12	Severity:5	Associated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 06:42:35	Severity:5	Disassociated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 06:43:35	Severity:5	Associated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 06:43:58	Severity:5	Disassociated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 07:42:27	Severity:5	Disassociated with station 00:23:6c:7d:31:40
Jun 14 08:00:08	Severity:5	Associated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 08:00:31	Severity:5	Disassociated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 08:11:14	Severity:5	Associated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 08:11:48	Severity:5	Disassociated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 08:13:19	Severity:5	Associated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 08:13:58	Severity:5	Disassociated with station f0:cb:a1:b5:f2:c2
Jun 14 08:37:47	Severity:5	Idle timeout for station 00:a0:96:54:a9:9b
Jun 14 08:37:47	Severity:5	Disassociating with station 00:a0:96:54:a9:9b (reserved 4).
Jun 14 08:37:47	Severity:5	Disassociated with station 00:a0:96:54:a9:9b
Jun 14 08:49:11	Severity:5	Disassociated with station a8:e3:ee:ba:5e:93
Jun 14 10:27:16	Severity:5	Associated with station 00:21:e9:da:0b:54
Jun 14 10:27:20	Severity:5	Associated with station 00:21:e9:da:0b:54
Jun 14 10:27:23	Severity:5	Disassociated with station 00:21:e9:da:0b:54
Jun 14 16:07:04	Severity:5	Associated with station 00:21:e9:da:0b:54
Jun 14 16:07:12	Severity:5	Disassociated with station 00:21:e9:da:0b:54
Jun 14 16:07:14	Severity:5	Associated with station 00:21:e9:da:0b:54
Jun 14 16:28:03	Severity:5	Disassociated with station 00:21:e9:da:0b:54
Jun 14 20:47:05	Severity:5	Associated with station 00:21:e9:da:0b:54
Jun 14 21:23:53	Severity:5	Disassociated with station 00:21:e9:da:0b:54
Jun 14 22:30:15	Severity:5	Internet configuration leased [IPv4] -- host <174.48.107.142/255.255.248.0> gateway <174.48.104.1> dns <75.75.75.75 75.75.76.76> wins <> lease <312349> domain <hsd1.fl.comcast.net
Jun 14 22:45:41	Severity:5	Associated with station 00:a0:96:54:a9:9b
Jun 14 23:01:02	Severity:5	Associated with station 00:23:6c:7d:31:40
Jun 14 23:01:02	Severity:5	AFP login OK @10.0.1.17.
Jun 14 23:01:02	Severity:5	AFP session @10.0.1.17 closing.
Jun 14 23:01:24	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64481.
Jun 14 23:01:26	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64482.
Jun 14 23:01:30	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64483.
Jun 14 23:01:30	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64484.
Jun 14 23:02:33	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64485.
Jun 14 23:02:35	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64486.
Jun 14 23:02:40	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64487.
Jun 14 23:02:43	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64488.
Jun 14 23:02:43	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64489.
Jun 14 23:03:32	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64490.
Jun 14 23:03:34	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64491.
Jun 14 23:03:38	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64493.
Jun 14 23:03:38	Severity:5	Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:64492.

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Answer 5

Jun 14, 2012 9:23 PM in response to momoneymoproblems

That is wireless.

Set the TC with fixed wireless..

Steps.

1. Change the wireless name for 2.4ghz and separate name for 5ghz.. short, no spaces, pure alphanumeric.

2. Set the wireless to a/n - b/g ( this is useless but the only setting that apple allows except auto or turn off N).

3. Lock the wireless channel, for 2.4ghz which is the most important, choose one of the three non-overlapping 1, 6, 11 Try each in turn.

4. Set security to WPA2 Personal with passkey of same rules as 1. but 8-12 characters non-dictionary.

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Answer 6

Jun 14, 2012 9:51 PM in response to LaPastenague

So what does this mean that keeps repeating?

Jun 15 00:46:44

Severity:5

Connection accepted from [fe80::223:6cff:fe7d:3140%bridge0]:52778.

That address is for my computor and its not doing it for any of the other clients?

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Answer 7

Jun 14, 2012 11:41 PM in response to momoneymoproblems

Still wrong setup of the TC..

But turn off ipv6 in both the TC and computer if it is not used.. that is ipv6.

Is it lion.. did you upgrade install??

Expect issues..

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Answer 8

Jul 30, 2012 2:00 AM in response to momoneymoproblems

I am trying to edit my original post to remove some personal info can anyone help me with that? Is there a moderator?

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