Yes, the Graphite base stations are notorious for over heating and burning out their power regulating capacitors. I've already repaired 2 with exactly the same problem. They work extremely well tho, if you sepperate the inner case and ditch the outter UFO case. They never over heat this way, and the airport signal stregnth is brilliant! Looks a bit ugly, but is safe to do. So is worth it, I think. If you dont want that hassle tho, Go for a Snow base station, or an alternative 3rd party version.