Airport Express wont reset

Was using airport express to play itunes remotely. It stopped working a week ago and I have tried both regular and hard reset.
But configuring again the admin utility asks me for the password for the base station- which I don't have and then comes up with the following error. Bad param Error (-4).
Help

Have you tried factory reset? Unplug the apx, push the pin in the reset button hole, keep it pushed while plugging the apx back in the socket and wait for a few blinks. Release.

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