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Time machine power on making 5x blip sound …. and the light stays amber! What does this mean?

Appreciate helps with the above. The blip sound comes on upon restarting for the time machine stops backup my iMac (OS X). Many thanks in advance.

Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 12, 2014 8:59 AM

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Mar 12, 2014 10:12 AM in response to loyn

Both the sound and the steady amber status LED could be indicating that the internal hard drive in your Time Capsule may have failed or is about to fail.


I would recommend taking it to your local Apple Store to have them confirm. If you purchased it with an Apple computer it may still be under warranty.


If not under warranty, the other option is to temporarily remove the hard drive, place it into a drive caddy and connect it to your Mac. Then you can use the native Disk Utility or another similar utility of your choosing to fully test the disk. You may find that you can revive it via this method. If successful you can then reinstall the drive in your Time Capsule.

Time machine power on making 5x blip sound …. and the light stays amber! What does this mean?

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