This Airport Express device will self-destruct at the end of the warranty

Many readers have had the sad experience of seeing their Airport Express Base Station die shortly after the warranty expired. We have had 10 reports of such failures in our Forums which is enough to point to a rather common problem, more so that the symptoms are always the same. One moment it works, the next it refuses to turn on: it seems to be a problem with a fragile power supply. Here is a picture taken by Dieru, who used brute force to open his dead Express.

If you encounter similar problems, please send us a report: that might help us to pin down the faulty Express series (send us the serial number).