Switched from PC to a Mac. AE hasn't been used lately.  Blinking Amber. ?ms

I've checked around but I think I've hit a wall on solutions.
I was a PC guy who switched to a mac. Due to some other related projects, I hadn't gotten around to using the AE I had bought as a PC guy and used with no problems. Now that I'm on the Mac, I seem to be at a loss to get this thing to work with the mac.
I've held the reset buttons as instructed but the thing is non-responsive. When I plug it into the ac outlets, it blinks a solid amber and then eventually goes to a blinking amber. When I try a "hard reset" I can't get that to work.
I've open airport utility and the AE does not show up there.
Doesn't show up in itunes.
I'm stuck. Not sure what to do from here.
Thanks.

Follow the "factory default reset" procedure described here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
... and keep holding down the reset button until you see the four green flashes, which takes 10-15 seconds (longer than the article suggests). No four green flashes = procedure not followed properly.
At this point, the Airport Express light should flash amber. That is normal, unless it has been cabled to another network or to a cable/DSL modem.
Then turn on your Mac's Airport interface from the Airport menu item (fan-shaped icon near the right side of the MacOS menu bar), and also look for the Airport Express's wireless network when you click on that menu item. It should appear there - and will be called "Apple Network xxxxxx".
If that all checks out, run the Airport Utility. It should now "see" your Airport Express.

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