Three status lights keep flashing on the base station

I was using my Airport extreme, it was a-ok, then the power went. When the base station came back up all three status lights starting flashing rapidly and simultaneously and since then i cannot get any signal from the base station. I've tried to unplug for 5, 10, 60 mins then re-plug....it still goes back to the same situation. I had this problem before when i just got this replacement base station and usually after unplugging the power chord and waiting for say 1 minute, then plugging it back in, the flashing stopped and the base station started sending a signal again. Except this time all three signal lights continued to blink after re-plugging. Can anybody help at all..I could use some suggestions..I have already tried using the re-set button, it doesn't work. Airport admin utility cannot pick up the base station because there is no signal coming from it..I've checked the manual and it says that the base station has failed its power on self test...what can i do now...I had asked this question b4 when it was initially giving trouble (and i didn't have a manual handy) and was told that it should b ok..that was when i had the chance to return it to an apple-authorized service provider....now i don't so i would like to know what to do....this is a replacement base station!

Kurt,
You posted in the AirPort Express forum. You would probably get better help/suggestions from the AirPort Extreme forum.

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Three status lights keep flashing

I was using my Airport extreme, it was a-ok, then the power went. When the base station came back up all three status lights starting flashing rapidly and simultaneously and since then i cannot get any signal from the base station. I've tried to unplug for 5, 10, 60 mins then re-plug....it still goes back to the same situation. I had this problem before when i just got this replacement base station and usually after unplugging the power chord and waiting for say 1 minute, then plugging it back in, the flashing stopped and the base station started sending a signal again. Except this time all three signal lights continued to blink after re-plugging. Can anybody help at all..I could use some suggestions..I have already tried using the re-set button, it doesn't work. Airport admin utility cannot pick up the base station because there is no signal coming from it..I've checked the manual and it says that the base station has failed its power on self test...what can i do now...I had asked this question b4 when it was initially giving trouble (and i didn't have a manual handy) and was told that it should b ok..that was when i had the chance to return it to an apple-authorized service provider....now i don't so i would like to know what to do....this is a replacement base station!
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All three status LEDs flashing means the device has failed its power on self test:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107457
...and you need to get the base station serviced.
Hard to know exactly what happened to your Base Station "when the power went" as you described it. Sometimes the line power spikes that occur immediately before or during a power failure can damage electronic devices.

My Time Capsule doesn't want to (hard nor soft) reset, and the status light keeps flashing quickly.

About two weeks ago, my Time Capsule's status light was flashing rapidly orange/green simultaneously.
Unplugging the power supply worked.
However, now this trick doesn't work anymore, and a soft nor hard reset of the Time Capsule doesn't work either.
The Time Capsule can't reset anymore, doesn't send out WiFi-signals, and its status light keeps flashing rapidly green/orange simultaneously.
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What model is the TC? Please give the number from the base, A1xxx.
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Amber Light keeps flashing - can't configure my AirPort Express

Here is my setup: Dell XPS M1530 running Windows Vista. I have my cable modem directly plugged into my AirPort Express. I have no other wireless network or router.
I'm able to connect to the AirPort Express through my wireless card and establish a connection and surf the net but the Airport Utility Software won't let me configure the device and the light keeps flashing amber. It never turns to green. I've tried every combination of resetting my AirPort Express, cable modem and computer.
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just got an Airport Extreme Basestation and I set it up with no trouble and everything (for now the internet...have to check the printers and drives soon) runs OK. So why is the orange light still flashing? It says in the manual that it has no connection to the network - but then I shouldn´t have internet access...?
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