so... I should get the fickle fumble award for stupidity.
my computer kept getting dropped from my wireless network, so I decided to re-seat the wireless card. and I ... uh... broke it off.
Contact pin of death!
so I ripped the antenna off. oops.
you can kinda see the tiny little lead. I fashioned it back into the contact pin and plugged it all back in. it... kinda worked.
The ass-old voltmeter.
Fire! ... ok so its not really fire. but i turned off the lights in the room. Red LEDs is what that is.
The setup with the lights on.