Time capsule made steep buzz

I got my TC in July 2013. There are ten days he began to make a noise of almost continuous hum as she has been updated or backup and the led is orange. I unplugged and plugged, but it did not help. Then I pressed the reset button and when she came back on the ROAR had stopped, but he now has a high-pitched hum.

I took it to the genius bar and did a test preliminary and said he worked well and they sucked some of the dust that had gathered near the entrance to the fan in the base. However, he still has this annoying noise.  It doesn't seem to work ok but I am concerned about the noise, and it's annoying.

Any ideas? Thank you.

Since the hard drive runs only when a backup is running, and he turns down once the backup is complete, noise is probably generated by the hard drive. If it was, you would hear only noise when the drive is on, and things would be quiet when the disk was not active.

This leaves the internal fan as the culprit, which tends to collect dust, which can cause the fan to cry... like it needs cleaning and lubrication.

If one of your Mac is currently covered by the AppleCare... and... the Capsule is less than 3 years, Apple will replace the Capsule of time for you.

If the Capsule is not covered by the AppleCare on your Mac, there is much you can other than to attempt to open the time Capsule, clean the fan and replace it if necessary.  The link below will tell you how to open the time Capsule.

Be careful if you decide to do, because the device tends to almost self-destruction when then case is deleted.  Connectors and cables ribbons can be easily damaged. Good luck!

Airport Time Capsule A1470 (Mini!) Teardown - iFixit

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