Airport express restarts always after hardreset

hi,
after a reset to factory defaults airports seams to restart always... after turning on it flashes green then lights yellow after a while it flashes amber lights for a while amber an then it does the same from beginning..
AirPort Uitlity can't find it neider over wlan nor over ethernet.
What is to do ?

Try a new AirPort Express, or take your Express to an Apple Store to let them test it out. The one that you have does not appear to not be operating correctly based on the information in your post.

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I read in a thread here that they die on a lot of people because they run really hot and 2 years is average life. Seriously?
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