What's the biggest HDD that will fit on my Time Capsule?

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fabioescobarm @fabioescobarm

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What's the biggest HDD that will fit on my Time Capsule?

Hi guys! Big fan of yours as you've saved my butt on a couple of occasions for my Macbook 13". I just did an HDD upgrade for my Macbook and was wondering if I could do the same for Time Capsule... and I can! Prior to entering to this task, I'd like to ask you:

What's the biggest HDD (2GB/4GB) that can fit inside the Time Machine as a replacement?

I'm looking for a 7200rpm or faster drive, which would you recommend.

The guide that's on the site talks about a hybrid because its silent. I don't want silent, I want fast and spacious.

As always, thanks for all your support! Great work on the disassemblies!!!

Fabio

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You can use pretty much any SATA hard drive you want, the guide for installing the drive is here, and you should clone your old one to the new one.

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Rab, thanks for the reply, 2.5" or 3.5"? And would you know which make, model, has the best specs/reliability, etc?

17 de ene. de 2011 - de fabioescobarm

Either size will fit, and it really doesn't matter, but I'd suggest either this 7200RPM 1TB drive or 7200RPM 2TB drive.

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Rab, thanks for the reply, 2.5" or 3.5"? And would you know which make, model, has the best specs/reliability, etc? — fabioescobarm
Either size will fit, and it really doesn't matter, but I'd suggest either this 7200RPM 1TB drive or 7200RPM 2TB drive. — rab777hp

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I tried replacing the 500GB in my A1302 with a Western Digital 2 TB drive (WD20EADS) -- worked fine with the exception of the fact that it never spun down. Ever. This obviously negated the heat benefit of using a "green" drive. Not wanting to take a chance on either a seagate drive or the samsung firmware update, I took a flyer on a new drive -- Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3020ALA632 (0F12117). Thus far it formatted fine, is quiet, and most importantly, spins down as expected. They have a 3TB version, but I didn't want to push my luck.

The 7K3000 7200 RPM series would likely work as well -- would be somewhat faster, but my main concern was heat and resultant power supply failure, so I went with the less power-hungry drive.

At the same time, I got rid of the rubber mat and replaced it with 4 rubber feet. Not terribly elegant, but it sure runs cooler (and hopefully longer).

Best of luck.

TW

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Hi,

I have a A1254 and just ordered a 2 TB WD20EADS.

Then i saw the message of Tom.

Does anybody know if the hd will work with my timecapsule version correctly (means shut down correctly to sleep)?

Or is that a specific problem with this hd in general?

14 de mar. de 2011 - de Markus