Time Machine See's...but won't "mount" time capsule

Bought 1TB Time Capsule 1 week ago. Did initial backup direct ethernet and all subsequent via WiFi. Everything works fine. However, today I noticed my 7AM backup failed. I am told it can't mount the hard drive. I go into SYS PREF to reselect the time capsule as the Backup Disk, it shows the Time Capsule, I select it, enter password, but about 2 minutes later get the message:
Time Machine Error
No backup volume has been selected
To select a backup volume, open Sys Pref and choose Time Machine
I do..and the loop of futility continues.
I have no problem getting into the Time Capsule through Finder and have successfully moved a file from my desktop to the capsule so I know I am connected and it works.
Also doesn't return anything when I click "Browse Other Time Machine Disks" from the Time Machine menu bar menu. I see my sparsebundle through Finder.
Any ideas on how to get it to recognize the time capsule? It sees it, but won't let me mount it after I enter password.
Have tried rebooting, powering everything down, etc. Everything else is working fine ...the wifi and the ability to access via finder. Basically I have a very expensive wireless router.
Thanks.
24' iMac Dual Core Mac OS X (10.5.2) PROCESSOR: 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, MEMORY: 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Did clean Archive and Install and now it works. Been ok for a few weeks now.

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    invest in a SATA/ATA controller for 2nd drive (and
    better I/O).
    See above on scrounging. I've been aware of the controller issue since the B/W rev 1, they came out the first time I worked at Apple. Which reminds me, I was an assassin there, had one of the best First Call Resolution numbers. Now, three, four years later, with a computer that has run flawlessly all that time, I've forgotten more than I ever knew!
    Thanks.
    David

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