My new airport express will not go past the flashing amber light.

My new aiport express doesnt work. I can't do anything with it as the airport utility doesnt find it. I have tried linking to my modem (which works with my TP-LINK) and directly to DSL. I have tried resetting it numerous times.
Could it be faulty?

Please power up the AirPort Express for a few minutes, then hold in the reset button firmly for 10 seconds and release. Allow a full minute for the Express to restart.
On your iPhone or iPad home screen.....
Tap Settings
Tap WiFi
Look for the heading of Setup a New AirPort Base Station
Tap on AirPort Express just below that
What happens?

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Hello All
I know this topic has been discussed before but none of the answers seem to fit my problem, here's my story,
Two months ago all was working fine when I notice the Airport base station would go from steady green to flashing amber. By the time i had checked all connections and scratchwed my head a bit, it would be back on steady green. This situation got worse uintil I was unable to get on the internet at all. I tried connecting directly to the cable modem via ethernet but couldn't. After what seemed like and eternity I discovered my modem was kaput! So a new modem was supplied by my service provider and LO I was back on the Net. Not qujite. It's OK via ethernet cable but the Airport refuses to start up and steadfastly remains on flashing amber. I've the soft reset and factory default rest and still get nowhere. At one time I got as far as being asked for my password in Airport Utility, but was denied access because my computer said the password was incorrect. This is itself incorrect because I have checked all the passwords on my computer and found I was using the correct one??
So to summarise I'm using the right password stored on the computer but the computer wont accept it. What do I do now?
Is it possible that the Airport Express has been damaged by the fault on the modem?

Hi All
All fixed now, found a workround on iFelix.
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The only step that appears to be missing is to reset your cable or DSL modem. Unplug it and let it rest a moment or two, then power it back up again: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2460
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1. Repair Permissions - /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app. Start Disk Utility, select your HD and click on Repair Permissions. When finished, quit Disk Utility and then restart your computer.
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