Esp32 not responding cant access from computer either

i had my new dig-quad up and running on the bench, powered off the lights and unplugged the system to move the setup to final location. hooked up to my house lights and nothing worked. returned to the bench and nothing is working. powers on, but No wifi, wont even recognize it while hooked to my computer. trust me when i say im completely new to this and computer illiterate. Any help is greatly appreciated

Did you enter your wifi details?

Look at available wifi networks and see if you see one that says WLED-Ap. If you do it is not connected to your wifi and is broadcasting it’s access point.

If it in fact it is connected to your wifi check your router to see if it has a new IP.

figured out now it’s showing up as a ‘hidden network’ cant open it. Tryed reflashing it using (install.wled.me) finds the esp32, goes through the initializing phase then shows a fault saying ‘failed to initialize’

Hold the boot button till install starts.