Airport Express died!

Have you also tried a "factory default reset" to see if that would help? If so, and you still don't have any status lights, the unit may have malfunctioned. I suggest, if available, to take it to your nearest Apple Retailer to have them confirm.

Must have been a bad week for Airport Express. Mine died yesterday too- about 18 months old I think. Absolutely will not power up. Uggghh- off to buy a new one ;(

Dave

Mine died last night, too! It was fine yesterday and then last nite to power lite. I've tried different sockets and everything and nothing. I guess it is about 18 months as well. There's nothing Apple will do?

Interesting...mine died tonight! WTH? Fortunately I have an old base station which was available.

Were these all tested to last for 2 years?

Add me to this list. My AirPort Express died on Friday, July 13, 2007 after roughly two years of error-free use (purchased in March 2005). I have emailed Apple Support to inquire about their replacement or repair of the AirPort Express, given that there seems to be a shelf life of two years that was not communicated to the purchaser.

They got me last night too! Just POOF!! And no green light or any warning. 18 months seems to be the magic number. It must have a self-destruct. Well off to the store to get a new one. Apple's managed to drain another 100 bucks from me.

I feel compelled to complement Apple on a swift resolution. This is actually the first time in 27 months since I purchased my Mac Mini that I had to think to consult the warranty, and upon doing so I discovered that if you purchased the Apple Care Protection Plan along with your computer, a limited number of Apple accessories were covered along with the Protection Plan. As such, Apple is replacing my AirPort Express for no charge. If you purchased a protection plan, I suggest doing the same before purchasing a replacement Given the current state of customer service in most industries, I am pleasantly suprised with the high level of service and response from Apple and will be pleased to continue giving them my business (a Mac Mini with AirPort Express and Wireless Mouse/Keyboard, iPod 30GB, iPod Nano, 2 iPod Shuffles, a Power Book and an iMac all purchased in the last two years for me or for/by family members).

alright, here´s another dead airport express. Returned from vaction today and discovered my airport i stone dead : ( two years of perfect running...

/M

***!!! mine died last night as well!
purchased in June '05

This is unfortunately a known issue for customers, but not (yet?) for Apple...

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MacBook Pro 2.16Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.10)

I had two Airport Express boxes that died within a couple of months of one another after just over a year of use. So many people have had problems with them it's hard not to think that there's something inherently broken with them. I suggest that you don't buy another one.

MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

My Airport Express transmitter died after 28 months. Airport Admin utility doesn't recognize the AE, even when connected with an ethernet cable. However, the light still flashes green, intermittent green and yellow, so it still seems to be alive. This happened right after I applied the firmware update a few weeks ago. I believe it was the firmware update released several months ago (2007-01), but I had not applied it until recently. I took it to the local Genius Bar, and the genius told me that the transmitter appeared to be dead. He couldn't do anything with it.