No disks found on Time Capsule

My time capsule does not show any partitions/disks. I tried a factory reset, hard power down and nothing has worked. Also, the TC is very hot to the touch. I am unable to backup or use time machine.
Is this a trip to the Apple Store?
Thanks,
Bob

I got my time capsule in March 2008. Worked fine as a wireless hub, but often the disk would disappear for no apparent reason and then wouldn't work until Airport utility downloaded an update to the firmware.
After 6 months of this, I think I finally have identified the pattern of events that causes (and fixes) this. For me, everything works fine until you powerdown the TC and then I cant see the disk until Airport Utility next updates the firmware. So my fix, is to update the firmware manually.
Here is the sequence of events. Hopefully it will be helpful to you.
1. Timecapsule works fine for wireless and timemachine (very happy person!)
2. I power-off the timecapulse (to rearrange the cables or the power supply to the house trips - whatever)
3. When the TC comes back up, wireless is fine, but I cant see the disk, so Time Machine doesn't work
4. No amount of resets, hard resets, auto or manual configs make any difference (very frustrating!!)
Now here's the bit that works for me
5. Go into Airport Utility, and click the 'Airport Utility' Menu
6. While holding the 'option' key, select the 'Check for Updates...' option. This allows you to reload the firmware even if it is up-to-date
7. Select the latest firmware and choose update.
8. When the TC comes back, you can see the disk (deep joy!)
I don't know why this works, and it doesn't make a great deal of sense to me, but as I say I have wasted many (many!) hours on step 4 (above) over the last 6 months, and the firmware update is the only thing that does the trick.
Hope this helps.

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