Wireless range gone after replacing LCD

Hi,

The LCD on my Aspire 6930G cracked and I replaced it. The old LCD had a CCFL backlight and the new one is an LED. The cable on the LED is designed to plug into the old cable from the CCFL, so I removed it from the old LCD and connected it to the new LCD. The inverter is no longer needed, so I removed it. The cable that had plugged into the inverter connects to another ribbon coming out of the new LED. I powered up the computer and the screen works fine but there's no internet connection. I took the computer apart again to see if I forgot to connect anything and everything appears to be connected. I measured the continuity of the two antenna wires (one black and one white) that go from the wireless board under the lower panel to the top of the LCD. Both wires have minimal resistance so it doesn't look like either wire is open. I put the computer back together again, booted up and noticed that the computer had connected to my home router, but the signal strength was only 3/5 lines. I moved the computer into the room where the router is and the signal strength increased to 4/5. I moved to the next room and the signal went down to 3. As I moved down the hall away from the router, the signal went to 0 and the network status said that no connections were available. This isn't a problem with the router because my kids' laptops work fine in the room where my Aspire says no connections available. It looks like something happened to antenna because the range is squat. Any ideas what might have happened when I replaced the LCD? Or is it just a coincidence that this happened after I replaced the LCD? I don't think the inverter has anything to do with the antenna, or does it?

Thanks!