Hello. can anyone help. I am not sure if there is a fault with my Time Capsule.

Question

Sorry about the long heading. Wasn't sure how this system works.
Yes, I have had recent problems with Time capsule and backing up. It does not connect to the internet now for some reason.
Today I pulled the ethernet cable and power cable out of the back of the Capsule and reconnected, and now there is no light at all on the time capsule.
In trying to resolve the problem of not connection (and hence no back-up) a couple of weeks ago, I seem to have created a couple more network names in the list of available networks which I would like to delete - does anyone know how I delete these?
I have read about reformatting the Time Capsule, but I am not sure if this will solve the problem. But Airport Utilities just shows that the internet is searching for a back up disk but is unable to find Time Capsule.
Any help would be much appreciated. I am a bit 'thick' with these things so please keep any information / instructions basic and easy.
Thanks a lot,
Barjir

Answer 1

Did you empty out all the names stored in your wireless setup.. if not then they remain??
Here is my list.. Click the - button underneath and remove every single name.
So you have no preferred networks.
Reboot the computer and start again.
Unfortunately it can be difficult to get rid of names you created for your own wireless, as those go into one of the lists.
Find your listing of wireless names.
/Users/YourName/Library/Application Support/Apple/AirPort/
Delete all the plists there.. That helped me get rid of the ghosts in the airport utility. It should also get rid of the ones showing in your wifi.
As far as fixing the TC which seems to be the far more important issue... you did not give me one key piece of info.
My Time Capsule 3TB model is A1409.
Does the light turn on?? According to your first post it is now dark.
now there is no light at all on the time capsule
The main LED and the ethernet LED must turn on .. they must blink when you power up and flash amber and then if everything is good turn green.. No lights on then nobody is home and the TC is dead. It is typical of the failure of the Gen4 TC.
See https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/gen4-a1409-issues
The fix which one user has reported that worked was to reflow solder in an oven. A rather difficult and troublesome fix but one which reveals they had a bad batch. If that is what is happening to yours try to get apple to replace it by the methods I have suggested.