Airport Express shows constant amber

My Airport Express shows a constant amber. As soon as I plug it in it show's green for about a second and then moves to a solid amber, there's no flashing and it doesn't appear to be searching.
I've tried all the reset options including the factory default where you keep the reset button pressed while you plug it in but all I get is the Amber.
Am I doing something wrong? It is dead??

Temporarily connect your Mac via Ethernet directly to the AX. Then you can configure the AX. You may also need to do a hard reset of the AX.
Shouldn't the AX start flashing amber as soon as it's turned on as it's searching for a computer?
The flashing amber indicates the AX hasn't found an Internet connection. It has nothing to do with connecting to any computers.

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