hi bob,
thanks for the reply. for some reason i only see it in my email but not on the forum. anyway, i understand that the solid amber (in this case it is now blinking amber) is not working.
what i am trying to ask is that i have NOT gone through a setup for the device. i had to STOP setup because it is giving me a prompt that is confusing to me with respect to my TIME CAPSULE backup. i don't want to do something dumb with my data so i am trying to ask questions first.
in the first image i posted you can see the prompt where it says it is will REPLACE my time machine and the "base station" (associated with my TIME CAPSULE BACKUP) "will be reset to default settings".
so i have not gone through the full setup.
i am under the impression i need to do a FULL SETUP before i get the green light and that i won't get a green light until i set it up on the network.
i am thinking to simply remove my TIME CAPSULE from everything so the data cannot get corrupted and so i can SET UP this device but i am not sure if i am simply wasting my time.
does that question make sense? or was it answered earlier and i missed it?
i am wondering if i need to actually set up the machine before i evaluate what color the LED is or whether it is flashing...
THANKS