Airport Express just stopped working

I have been using the airport express fine just until few days ago.
I've being it using it with an ethernet cable connecting it fron my linksys router. (had it in bridge mode)
Everything was fine until few days ago, when the "airport express" just disappeared from my wireless signal choices.
I had to reset everything and it was working again for a few days and same thing happened again. it just disappeared and my green light on my express turned amber.
I've reset it a few more times after that but after maybe 10 minutes of it working, it will disappear again and turn into an amber light....
now i can't even find airport express on airport utility..
please help!

I'm also having the same problem with my macbook pro. I also have 3 other pcs hooked up. I was wondering if maybe it is my router or do you think its something with the computer?

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everything normal before?
do you remember if there is any changes before this issue happen?
updating your network card will be isolate driver issue
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press refresh of F5 on the desktop screen and then try to connect to that internet connection back
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netsh winsock reset
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https://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135/en-us
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3728
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My AE has just stopped working and now can't connect to the network. I have tried a harware reset and all I get is the amber light and now and again it flashes then turns green and then back to amber. It looks to me as if the something has damaged the hardware as I cant get it to showup in my airport utility.
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Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule FAQ
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Seems like a major hardware fault. I've tried the fuse (in the plug). Tried it in a different socket. Tried the reset button. I've given it a while and tried again still nothing.
Is there anything else anyone would recommend before I return it?
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Many airport express born stopped 1 year after constant use. I had this problem after 11 and a half month of use. It was out with no green light. Apple accepted to change it. But in France many people seem to have the same problem 12 or 13 month after use. You can see this above and on www.macbidouille.com (keyword : "airport express").
One year and not more. Is it true ?
- Attention, cette borne Airport Express se détruira à la fin de la garantie ! - Lionel - 06:20:58 - Réactions
De nombreux lecteurs ont eu la malchance de voir leur borne Airport Express cesser de fonctionner peu de temps après la garantie. Ce nombre de cas, au moins 10 dont les mésaventures sont relatées sur nos Forums est suffisamment élevé pour nous prouver que ce problème n'a rien d'isolé, d'autant plus que les symptômes sont toujours identiques. D'un moment à l'autre, la borne refuse tout simplement de s'allumer, ce qui semble mettre en cause une fragilité de son bloc transformateur. Voici une photo prise par Dieru qui a (assez sauvagement) ouvert sa borne en panne et hors garantie.
Si vous aussi avez des problèmes similaires avec une Airport Express, merci d'apporter votre témoignage. Il nous sera ainsi éventuellement possible de cerner une série défectueuse.
Le problème Airport Express, suite - Lionel - 05:46:33 - Réactions
Depuis hier, et la publication de la brève, nous avons reçu de partout dans le monde de très nombreux témoignages qui rapportent tous la même histoire.
D'un instant à l'autre, et sans la moindre intervention extérieure, la borne Airport Express s'éteint pour ne plus jamais se rallumer.
Une première étude des numéros de séries ne nous permet pas d'y trouver un quelconque signe de série défectueuse.
Si le problème se produit de temps à autre durant la garantie, il a la fâcheuse tendance à arriver au treizième mois d'usage de la borne.
Il faut dire que de tous les produits Apple, une borne Airport est probablement le produit que l'on songe le moins à débrancher, même si l'on s'absente. C'est probablement l'explication de cette incroyable constance dans la durée de vie avant la panne.
Un de nos lecteurs a réussi à faire repartir sa borne en l'ouvrant et en changeant le fusible. Merci à Dieru d'avoir pris cette photo.
Ce fusible est un 500mA 250V. Il se trouve sous l'adhésif, ici jaune mais qui peut-être aussi de couleur bleue. Attention, si vous le changez, pensez à en mettre un ayant des caractéristiques identiques. Lors de la remise sous tension de la borne, soyez-en éloigné pour éviter tout risque de brûlure.
D'autres ont essayé de le changer sans que la borne reparte.
Notez encore que quelqu'un a réussi à la faire repartir en la faisant fonctionner avec des piles
Donc tout concorde pour incriminer l'alimentation de la borne.
Faudra t-il attendre une class action pour qu'Apple accepte d'en étendre la garantie ?
- Et les bornes Airport Express continuent de griller - Lionel - 06:21:03 - Réactions
Depuis la dernière fois où nous avons communiqué sur le problème affectant de trop nombreuses bornes Airport Express, nous avons reçu d'autres témoignages.
Ils continuent à concorder avec les précédents, puisque les pannes surviennent le plus souvent au treizième ou quatorzième mois d'usage, avec une surprenante régularité.
Apple refuse encore pour le moment une prise en charge sous garantie de ces bornes.
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Un des membres des forums, fpoil, nous adonné sa borne Airport Express en panne. Nous sommes en train de voir ce qui peut clocher à l'intérieur.
Il est visiblement impossible de la démonter proprement sans endommager plus ou moins la coque qui est très fortement collée/soudée.
Si Apple décide de procéder un jour à une extension de garantie avec échange, ce dernier sera très coûteux, et la récupération d'une partie de l'électronique problématique et probablement peu viable d'un point de vue économique.
Nous en profitons pour passer un nouvel appel à témoins.
Est-ce que certains d'entre vous ont eu ce fameux problème de panne dans un pays où la tension électrique est de 110V ?
En effet, après un bref récapitulatif, il nous semble que tous les cas de bornes en panne le soient dans des pays où la tension est de 220V. Ce pourrait être le début d'une piste.
- Bornes Airport Express, un point sur le problème - Lionel - 05:45:57 - Réactions
Comme promis, nous vous tenons au courant du problème rencontré sur des bornes Airport Express de plus de 1 an.
Pour commencer, nous continuons à recevoir quotidiennement des témoignages de personnes dont la borne refuse d'un moment à l'autre tout service. Les symptômes sont toujours identiques à ceux que nous vous avons rapportés.
Depuis notre appel à témoins, nous avons constaté qu'à quelques exceptions près, les pannes se produisent dans des pays utilisant des tensions de 220 ou 240V. Il est donc presque certain que ce problème soit lié à cette tension, tout comme celui rencontré sur les premiers iMac G5.
Nous continuons notre recueil de témoignages et nos investigations

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anyway, our curretn investigations show that APX with serial starting with HS4xx or HS5xx or even HS6xx are mostly affected by the sudden death syndroma.
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I'm going off my head! Both AE's 802.11n have stopped working, and no longer appear in the Airport Utility
I installed the Airport Utility 5.6 but still no luck. I reset the AE's with a 'hard reset' and also tried plugging in an Ethernet Cable, still no joy as both AE's have become 'invisible' to the config utility
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Anyone managed to get these re-appear?

UPDATE
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When the yellow flash starts, re-scan for 'other Airport Base Stations' using the grey button top right of the utility window.
I configured one with an ethernet cable, and one over WiFi, both working and the whole job took maybe 10mins each
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Have not switched on the Time Machine yet - fingers crossed it does not all fall in a heap again !!!

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Your chances of success are very small if you want to try the repair route, so do this for the fun of it more than hoping that it will work.
Even if repairs were possible, a regular shop would likely charge you more than the cost of a new Express.

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Aloha:
I have been successfully using my my airport Express as an extender for several months when it just quit working. I now have plugged it in right next to my computer and airport Extreme to trouble shoot.
It just sits there blinking orange. I have pushed the reset button to no avail. I have unplugged it, pushed and held reset while plugging it in, still it flashes yellow.
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