Two Airport Expresses•one only drops out.

My setup:
Cable Modem
One Intel iMac G5 one metre from AE.
One Power PC G5 twenty metres from AE.
Both running 10.5.5
Intel is fine whilst Power PC is offline, but as soon as it goes online, Intel connection drops out and will not stay connected.
No dropouts by Power PC.
Why is it so?

Following what I have said above, if I boot in Safe Mode, I have no dropouts .
What is it that doesn't load in Safe Mode, that appears to be causing the problem?

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