While you can do it the connector and supporting discreet components are nor present. They can be added, however. You will also need a incredibly short SATA cable that may be impossible to find.
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That said it may be possible Apple has 2 firmware variants and flashes the non hard drive firmware on these HDD-less units. This effectively means you will need to re-flash the unit to utilize the hard drive and supporting components. All in all I don't think it's worth the trouble to upgrade the base unit. Just buy it with a hard drive from the factory.
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While you can do it the connector and supporting discrete components are nor present. They can be added, but you will have a hard time getting the parts and this will be difficult to retrofit into your unit. In addition, you will also need a incredibly short SATA cable that may be impossible to find.
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It is also likely Apple uses binned boards on the no hard drive model or disables it in firmware if it didn't ship with a hard drive.
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This effectively means you will need to re-flash the unit to utilize the hard drive and supporting components. Due to the complexity of the upgrade, it's not worth trying to even do the upgrade.
While you can do it there's a missing connection on the board for the hard drive. This is a SMD part and is not easy to install. It probably also has a additional SATA controller Apple never used on that model or it was disabled ans you need a non binned board and firmware to make it work. You also need a really short SATA cable too. You ain't finding that cable all that easily with how small it is. It's not worth the trouble, but it is probably possible.
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While you can do it the connector and supporting discreet components are nor present. They can be added, however. You will also need a incredibly short SATA cable that may be impossible to find.
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That said it may be possible Apple has 2 firmware variants and flashes the non hard drive firmware on these HDD-less units. This effectively means you will need to re-flash the unit to utilize the hard drive and supporting components. All in all I don't think it's worth the trouble to upgrade the base unit. Just buy it with a hard drive from the factory.
While you can do it there's a missing connection on the board for the hard drive. This is a SMD part and is a royal pain to install. It probably also has a additional SATA controller Apple never used on that model or was disabled. You also need a really short SATA cable too. You ain't finding that cable in the stores anytime soon with how small it is.
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While it may be possible it's more work then it's worth.
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While you can do it there's a missing connection on the board for the hard drive. This is a SMD part and is not easy to install. It probably also has a additional SATA controller Apple never used on that model or it was disabled ans you need a non binned board and firmware to make it work. You also need a really short SATA cable too. You ain't finding that cable all that easily with how small it is. It's not worth the trouble, but it is probably possible.
While you can do it there's a missing connection on the board for the hard drive. This is a SMD part and is a royal pain to install. It probably also has a additional SATA controller Apple never used on that model or it's disabled. You also need a really short SATA cable too. You ain't finding that cable in the stores anytime soon with how small it is.
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While you can do it there's a missing connection on the board for the hard drive. This is a SMD part and is a royal pain to install. It probably also has a additional SATA controller Apple never used on that model or was disabled. You also need a really short SATA cable too. You ain't finding that cable in the stores anytime soon with how small it is.
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While it may be possible it's more work then it's worth.
You're missing the data connection for the hard drive, which is a surface mount part, and there's also a good chance that it also has a SATA controller of some sort the Time Capsule has to run the SATA drive
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While you can do it there's a missing connection on the board for the hard drive. This is a SMD part and is a royal pain to install. It probably also has a additional SATA controller Apple never used on that model or it's disabled. You also need a really short SATA cable too. You ain't finding that cable in the stores anytime soon with how small it is.
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While it may be possible it's more work then it's worth.
You're missing the data connection for the hard drive, which is a surface mount part. and there's a good chance that it also has a SATA controller the AirPort Extreme has to run the SATA drive
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You're missing the data connection for the hard drive, which is a surface mount part, and there's also a good chance that it also has a SATA controller of some sort the Time Capsule has to run the SATA drive
You're missing the data connection for the hard drive, and there's a good chance that it also has a SATA controller the AirPort Extreme has to run the SATA drive
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You're missing the data connection for the hard drive, which is a surface mount part. and there's a good chance that it also has a SATA controller the AirPort Extreme has to run the SATA drive
You're missing the data connection for the hard drive, and there's a good chance that it also has a SATA controller the AirPort Extreme has to run the SATA drive