i can only connect to the camera using a network cable, WPS button also fails to connect.

i've tried downgrading firmware, upgrading firmware with no luck.
tried using telnet to connect to the camera and couldn't find the wireless driver loading at all.
d-link lite app doesn't find any wireless networks when connected to the camera under Wi-Fi settings - "no available wireless network"
also, i'm unable to reset it to factory settings no matter what i've tried.
any idea? could the wifi component on camera simply got fried somehow?