Amber Blinking Light....

I just got an airport extreme today and it does not work. I have tried everything and am 95 % sure its hooked up correctly. I have a dsl modem with sbc as my provider.
Everytime i plug in the airport, it flashes amber. I have read that section in trouble shoting and nothing works. i can't get the airport to show up on my computer either. i have tried different eithernet cables and reseting everything. nothing works. please help.

Need to make some assumptions and please forgive if it sounds overly basic. I assume you are talking about the 802.11n Extreme Base Station. Do a hard reset. Make sure you use the Airport Utility software that can with the Extreme. It is called Airport Utility not Airport Admin Utility. It has an icon that is a little Airport Symbol. Make sure your DSL modem is plugged into the WAN port and not one of the LAN ports.
Make sure you go to the Airport Symbol and turn Airport on if you are not initially connecting via an ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports.
If you don't turn security on you will continue to get a flashing amber light which can be turned off through the Airport Utility.
Once you have the Airport with the mdoel connected and after you do a factory reset and then run Airport Utility it should detect the Extreme with the factory ID. From there setting up the system is pretty easy.

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You posted this picture.
Screen+Shot+2013-03-15+at+13.20.55.png
Click edit button on that page.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
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http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has some steps you can try if you're having trouble with your Airport Express and seeing a blinking light:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1589
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