Time Capsule not visible to Choose Backup Disk

I have a 500GB Time Capsule 7.4.2 and two 13" Macbook laptops (Mid 2007 - 2.16GHz and Mid 2009 2.13 GHz, both running 10.5.8)
Both Macbooks were using the TC for TM backups, wireless access point and a shared printer. A few months ago the 2.16GHz quit backing up to the TC. Still accesses the internet and prints to the printer. While troubleshooting, I turned off TM in system preferences, and now cannot get TM turned back on in the sys pref. When I select Time Machine ON, and select the "Choose Backup Disk" button, there are no drives listed
The 2.16 Macbook (troublesome one) can access the TC in AirPort Utility and view and update all the configuration, but still cannot see the drive in the Time Machine sys pref. In the finder this laptop can see the TC in the Shared Resources but when trying to connect gets the "this file server is running on your machine"
The 2.13 Macbook still updates to the TC with no issues. Also can access the TC in AirPort Utility and TM sys pref with no problems. When connecting to the TM in the Finder it connects and can view both Macbook parsebundles.
Neither laptop can view the TC in Disk Utility, but I think they need to be connected via CAT V to make that work.
Can any help me get the 2.16 Macbook backing up to the TC again? Thanks in advance.
Clake

Pondini wrote:
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Most likely, the sparse bundle for that Mac is corrupted. Repair it per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Thanks for the help. I completed the Repair as directed in A5 of the trouble-some Macbook parsebundle. This had to be completed from the other Macbook since it was the machine in which I could see the parse bundle to drag to the disk utility.
I am still having the same issue. The 2.16 MB cannot see any drives to choose from when turning on TM. Also this same laptop cannot connect to the TC under the shared grouping in the Finder sidebar.
Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Clake

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