Problems with connection to hard drive

Hello, I am currently using my Time Capsule for both Wi-Fi, and storing my iTunes folder on the hard drive. The Wi-Fi seems to always work perfectly. However, twice so far in the space of a week I've had an error message when using iTunes:
Server connection inturrupted: Time Capsule
At which point the icon for the hard drive dissapears from my desktop. Both times happened after my computer had been in standby mode for a while - although this hasn't happened everytime after standby.
Both times I found unplugging my Time Capsule and plugging back in re-set the connection successfully. However, I don't want to have to keep doing this, when I've spent so much money on something, I expect it to be reliable.
Is the Time Capsule fundamentally unreliable? Do you think I may just have a faulty one? Is there any settings I could change that might help stop this happening? Advice would be very gratefully received. Thanks,
Malinna

Further to this it just happened again straight after I reset the TC. I got the following error messages:
The iTunes library file could not be saved. An unknown error occured (13005)
Connection failed. The server may not exist or is not operational at this time. Check server name or IP address and your network connection and try again.
It also might be worth mentioning that my laptop is right next to the TC.
It's my last chance to return it this weekend, so any thoughts much appreciated. Thanks,
Malinna

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Ok, well I max out the graphics on my ibook on regular intervals (games, high-end graphics work, gigabyte photoshop files etc...)
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http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000242.htm#02
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BAD MONITOR:
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