Airport can't connect to Airport Express

I just purchased a used PowerBook G4 (Titanium) 1GHz with an Airport card built in. The card recognizes the Airport Express but whenever I put in my password it says that the "connection failed". I know I am typing in the correct password and the caps lock is not on. It does the same thing when trying to connect to other sources as well (i.e. Panera Bread, etc...). I don't think anything is wrong with the Airport card since it is able to recognize the Express so I have no clue.
Will the Airport Express recognize the regular Airport card? I'm assuming it can since I've read several instances where Airport is mentioned both online and in the manual. Is there a limit to how many computers can wirelessly connect to the Express at one time? I currently have two computers connected wirelessly to the Express right now (an iMac and an iBook).
BTW: I just upgraded to Leopard and the problem was evident before I did this.
Any ideas?
Thanks

I have the same computer (with building AirPort Card) for the last 4 years, and I use WPA Personal home network with both AirPort Express and AEBS 2003 Version. It should be no problem for you to share the same network with two computers at the same time. I have broadband TV that connects use ethernet cable to my AEBS while I use my PB wirelessly downloading files from online, at the same space an iBook connects to my wireless network browsing online.
I used to encounter strange AirPort login problems just like the one you have. You can read a related post about Automatic Connect? that I have commented about.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3826344#3826344
I also suggest to reset your Keychain Access preferences and trash caches from your computer, and use Disk Utility to repair permissions. You can use a great utility called Onyx (works well on Leopard) to trash caches and fix some weird problems from your used machine.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11582/onyx
Hope this helps. Good Luck!
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