Airport express unresponsive after reset no light showing

I'd had intermittent wireless service yesterday & had none this morning. The light on my express was orange & I followed advice to unplug express for several minutes, push reset button while plugging it back in. When I plugged it back in the light was green, then solid orange now no light is on. Airport utility cannot find express when it scans. What can I try now?

When I put my cursor on the wireless icon in menu bar it still looks for networks & updates list of networks around me. Wouldn't that suggest airport is functioning?
Yes, this would indicate that the built-in AirPort wireless adapter in your Mac mini is functioning properly. Also, if in the list of networks, the one for your AirPort Express shows up would indicate that the base station was also broadcasting a wireless network. A bit of confusion that Apple has introduced is that the term AirPort is used by both the base station (router) and the built-in wireless adapter ... at least until OS X Lion became available and that "Wi-Fi" is now used instead of AirPort for the wireless adapter.
Also when I look in system preferences under network it says Ethernet is not connected. If it's connected between express & my comcast box Should it show green under network?
The "Ethernet" connector within System Preferences is referring to the built-in Ethernet port on your Mac mini ... not the Ethernet connection between the Express and the Comcast modem. I am assuming that you have your mini connected to the Express by wireless, and thus, the AirPort connector should be at the top of the network connections list within System Preferences, followed by "Built-in Ethernet." In this configuration, the mini would only attempt to gain network/Internet access via its wireless adapter.

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