[P1] Airport Base Station trouble

[david]

On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 05:23  AM, Michael Adams wrote:
>
> I've just bought an original AirPort base station (graphite) and have 
> it sharing my Internet connection (through the modem) with my win98 PC 
> over ethernet and iBook over WiFi. Problem is, every so often the base 
> station crashes. It's happened three times today already and is 
> starting to get annoying!
>
> Usually when it crashes it stops responding to any requests... if I 
> try pinging it, nothing happens. If I open up the AirPort Admin 
> Utility it doesn't find the base station either. And of course all 
> attempts to load web pages fail.
>
> To fix it I just unplug it and then plug it back in after half a 
> minute of so. I tried reloading the firmware and if anything it's 
> crashing more frequently now! Also, I got the unit from the US, and I 
> live in New Zealand, so I had to get a different power adapter. I got 
> one that matched the specs on the US adapter... even though they are 
> the same, could this still cause a problem?

I don't have the serial number range to hand - its at the office - but 
there is a known problem with a batch of base stations. These base 
stations have an inadequate capacitor which begins to die due to 
heat/age. The affected base stations either begin frequent crashes or 
simply die. Apple extended the warranty of these units and I think the 
extended warranty is still in effect. Also, you can find instructions 
online for doing the repair yourself. I've done several of them - it is 
pretty easy. This is probably your problem.

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David