Light green quick plug - Airport Express A1088

Hello

I have an Airport Express A1088, I moved into a new House, so I used it for 8 months.

Today I plugged it and when I plugged an infinite green flash very very fast with suspicion.

I search for anything on this question and reset factory is the main suggestion for the problem.

It does not work:

-plug in the airport for a long time the reset button

-leave it plugged the airport then tap and hold the reset button

-Plug/unplug the cables

I don't really know what to do.

Any advise?

Thank you

Unfortunately, the internal power supply on the AirPort Express can provide is no longer enough current to allow the Express function properly. This should in a product that is at least 8 years and as much as 11, since most routers designed for home use are engineered to operate for about 5 years.

Congratulations... you did much, much better than average with your AirPort Express Terminal.

If you're really handy with small electronic repairs and don't worry, spend time to saw carefully not open the case of the Express along the seam of middle to expose the electronics repair was possible. The drawback here is that you probably need to buy another second hand Express to get the parts needed for the repairs.

However, since this would imply also opened the second hand Express for the pieces to be cut, I think that you can understand that it would not make much sense to do it when you could simply replace the defective Express with a working model. Another option would be to invest in a new Express and go ahead.

But it's your decision.

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