Do I need a new Wireless Card?

Please bare with me while I tell the whole story...
Ever since I installed Leopard, my MacBook has been having a big problem. 25% of the time, when you closed the lid, it would crash instead of going to sleep. It seemed to even be getting worse. So last night, when I was leaving an appointment, I closed my MacBook and put it in my bag. I talked to my customer for a few more minutes then I headed home. It was rush hour so it took a while. I stopped at the post office to check my PO BOX, and I had mail yay. When I got home, I looked through the regular mail to see if I had anything. I brought my bag upstairs, checked my email and IM's on my Mac Pro. Finally, about an hour and a half after putting it in the bag, i opened my bag to take out the macbook and plug it in. It was on FIRE. Hotter than it's ever been before. The fans were running full speed, and it was hard to hold. So I turned it off and let it sit for a while. When I turned it back on, my airport card was showing as turned off, and I couldn't turn it back on. Clicking 'turn airport on' wouldn't do anything. I had this happen once before and a few minutes later it came back on. But not this time. A day later, and several restarts and shutdowns later, still nothing. I did to an archive & install, which was something I was planning on doing anyway to try to solve the crash on lid close problem. Oddly enough it doesn't seem to be crashing when I close the lid anymore. So did the archive and install fix the crash problem, and did the crash problem cook my airport card? Or did I have a defective airport card all along and was that causing the crash on close problem? I also ran the Hardware Test several times and it found no problems at all. I'm also 3 months out of warranty. I know where to get a replacement card, they are only about $60, but is there a way for me to verify for sure, that is what the problem is?

So forget the whole thing.
I got my airport working again. How? By unchecking "Ask to join new networks". Location by location, unchecking this option would instantly turn AirPort back on. Looks like Leopard still has some bugs to be worked out.

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