Well, I didn't take any photos of the inside unfortunately, but here's a stock photo that shows it pretty well:
The power supply is missing in that photo, but it sits directly over the HDD temp sensor cable (visible over the blue logic board in that image).
Anyway, the first step was to repair the power supply. The first issue I guess was arranging the capacitors, which are slightly larger than the stock ones by about 2mm on each side. The easiest solution was a fan arrangement, which left the center capacitor extending off the board slightly, but there's room inside the Time Capsule to house it without any issue.
Once the Power Supply was refitted, the next step was the initial power-on test. I decided to do this outside just in case a capacitor vented, or worse.
Thankfully though, that didn't happen. What did happen though, well, the results speak for themselves.
As for how I chose to handle the bottom of the case, I affixed 4 rubber feet using the holes (which form a grid) as alignment points. It's not bad.
I may refurbish the second PSU I have at some stage, as it would allow me to use the correct sized capacitors and would just be a little neater overall. Having opened one of these up, I'm not entirely thrilled with the build quality but not disappointed either. The repair was simple, I think it worked out well. How reliable it is, well, that's still yet to be seen. I certainly wouldn't want to run this 24/7/365 just yet, but we'll see.
UPDATE: Configured it as a Wireless relay for my primary network. I'll be accessing the internet via the Time Capsule for a while to test it out and make sure it works correctly. So far so good, the Amber LED has turned Green and remained functioning ever since. I did manage to find out its serial number as well, allowing me to register it to my Apple Support Profile. This in turn informed me that it's a Time Capsule 802.11n (1st Generation) manufactured shortly before June 2008.
It was a top-of-the-line 1TB model, of course it's now running a very small in comparison 80GB hard disk drive to test but it's good to know its past history.
Welcome to the family, Time Capsule!
Cheers,
Mic.
The power supply is missing in that photo, but it sits directly over the HDD temp sensor cable (visible over the blue logic board in that image).
Anyway, the first step was to repair the power supply. The first issue I guess was arranging the capacitors, which are slightly larger than the stock ones by about 2mm on each side. The easiest solution was a fan arrangement, which left the center capacitor extending off the board slightly, but there's room inside the Time Capsule to house it without any issue.
Once the Power Supply was refitted, the next step was the initial power-on test. I decided to do this outside just in case a capacitor vented, or worse.
Thankfully though, that didn't happen. What did happen though, well, the results speak for themselves.
As for how I chose to handle the bottom of the case, I affixed 4 rubber feet using the holes (which form a grid) as alignment points. It's not bad.
I may refurbish the second PSU I have at some stage, as it would allow me to use the correct sized capacitors and would just be a little neater overall. Having opened one of these up, I'm not entirely thrilled with the build quality but not disappointed either. The repair was simple, I think it worked out well. How reliable it is, well, that's still yet to be seen. I certainly wouldn't want to run this 24/7/365 just yet, but we'll see.
UPDATE: Configured it as a Wireless relay for my primary network. I'll be accessing the internet via the Time Capsule for a while to test it out and make sure it works correctly. So far so good, the Amber LED has turned Green and remained functioning ever since. I did manage to find out its serial number as well, allowing me to register it to my Apple Support Profile. This in turn informed me that it's a Time Capsule 802.11n (1st Generation) manufactured shortly before June 2008.
It was a top-of-the-line 1TB model, of course it's now running a very small in comparison 80GB hard disk drive to test but it's good to know its past history.
Welcome to the family, Time Capsule!
Cheers,
Mic.