AirPort Express doesn't show in AirPort Utility any more/won't connect to network

I have an older airport express that I use wirelessly with an AirPort Extreme to extend my network and stream music via AirPlay. Within the last couple of days it has been unable to join the network. It has always worked just fine until now.
The Airport Express powers up, flashes green once, then goes to amber flashing and stays that way forever. The Airport Express does not show up in AirPort Utility at all.
I have tried soft, hard, and factory resets to no avail.
The Airport Express info:
Model A1084
Can't check firmware version beasue it doesn't show up in Airport Utility
The Airport Extreme Info (which is working perfectly fine):
Model A1143
Version 7.6.4
Any further suggestions?
Thanks,
Dawn

Mavericks (Apple) will not let you run an older version of AirPort Utility on Mavericks.
So I've just discovered. Unfortunately I don't think booting from my older OS is going to work either, as it appears that 6.3.2 is also what I have installed there.
Doesn't make sense to me still, though, as I upgraded to Mavericks on day 1, but the Airport Expressed worked fine until yeterday.
I have a roomie with a PC. Will see if we can configure it on his computer.

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