G5 Power Mac Cannot See AE Base Station

i've set up my airport express network and it is working fine with my iMac 2 GHz Duo - now in trying to connect my G5 Dual 2.5 GHz Power PC the G5 cannot see the AE using airport admin utility...
steps i've taken...
bought a replacement airport antenna for the back of the G5 Tower
placed the AE directly beside my G5 and scanned for it (nothing)
taken wireless security off
waited on hold for an incredibly long time for tech support
still the G5 can't find the network...
please help

You may want to double-check to see if you connected the antenna properly on the AirPort Extreme Card in your G5. (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108039)

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