Dead Airport Express? Try this to bring it back to life

I have owned many and followed all the failed wireless G models of the airport express, most of them had internal part failures.
Therefore ymmv,
I own many of the newer wireless N models.
I always have one sitting in a drawer just in case
Sometimes it sits there for months at a time never to see ac current.
Now this has happened twice over extended non-uses
The Airport express would fail to power cycle when plugged in
Not even a flash of the led light.
No matter how long left plugged in, it would never power cycle and start working, it would always stay cold to the touch as well.
I have found that if you plug this in/out multiple times fast to ac current 5-10 times, you then will get that green led light to come on for a second or two, at that point leave plugged in and let it boot normally.
Ussually all your previous settings will remain.
I have found that since it can be difficult to rapidly plug in and unplug these due to the blades folding over.
try an extension cable.
I think if these are left over time without ac current applied to them, the internal capacitor drains and they fail to power cycle & boot.
They will not recover if just left plugged in, kind of like the old powerbook pismo, dead pram battery meant you could not power it on, disconnect dead pram and it would power on, reconnect battery once on and the pram battery would once again take charge.
whereas each time you plug the express in, it takes a very small charge, keep doing it then she will have enough current to cycle on and boot.
Sorry for the long winded & off topic powerbook example
No a soft or hard reset will not help if the express fails to power cycle, tried it, never works, that only works if the express accepts the ac current.
Sorry for the long winded & off topic powerbook example
Since we have apple care, Apple is sending a replacement.
Maybe this will help a few that have no apple care
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"Eric Hermanson
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Re: iphone 3G is as good as dead
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To enter recover mode:
1. Turn your phone OFF. If you can't turn it off, FORCE a turn off by holding down the Power and the Home buttons together for 5 seconds.
2. While your phone is turned OFF, HOLD DOWN the Home button. Keep it held down.
3. Connect your phone to the USB cable on your computer. KEEP the Home button held down during all this time.
4. Keep holding the Home button down until you see the iTunes/restore screens appear on your computer and your iPhone.
Apple needs to fix this application installation/upgrade thing ASAP! I've had to restore my phone FIVE times after installing applications and/or updating. This is nuts. I really love the iPhone, but come on Apple! Fix this terrible problem!"

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"Eric Hermanson
Posts: 14
Registered: 18-Nov-2003
Re: iphone 3G is as good as dead
Posted: 15-Aug-2008 9:33 PM in response to: FH Person
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To enter recover mode:
1. Turn your phone OFF. If you can't turn it off, FORCE a turn off by holding down the Power and the Home buttons together for 5 seconds.
2. While your phone is turned OFF, HOLD DOWN the Home button. Keep it held down.
3. Connect your phone to the USB cable on your computer. KEEP the Home button held down during all this time.
4. Keep holding the Home button down until you see the iTunes/restore screens appear on your computer and your iPhone.
Apple needs to fix this application installation/upgrade thing ASAP! I've had to restore my phone FIVE times after installing applications and/or updating. This is nuts. I really love the iPhone, but come on Apple! Fix this terrible problem!"

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Hi,
I just replaced my Linksys WAG54G by a WAG120N modem-router.
I still have a problem with my Airport Express.
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... and this is also true when you have the AX directly connected to your iMac via Ethernet?
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