How to stop Airport turning itself on all the time.

My AirPort setting (MBP) keeps turning itself on at random. I have it always switched of as I am connected over a cable. It is a random occurrence, sometimes not for days and than 3 times in one day.
This happens since upgrading from 10.4 to 10.5.
Wake for administrative purposes is switched of.
Any idea as to why this should happen? fixes? etc.
Maybe it is the plist, but I do not know where it is kept, anybody know where this is kept and what its name would be? Or any ideas for that matter.
thanks

Hi Nick
Failing that you could trash it. You'd have to set up your networks again, but that might not be such a bad thing.
did that before and it did not solve it, so...
Have you tried running the hardware test that came on the DVD/CD with your computer? Just to check the Airport card?
No I did not. will give it a go.
Reboot with the disk in and hold 'D'.
I hold 'C', is 'D' new? suppose C = CD and D = DVD?

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