unplugged mod chip!

[Berzy]

i need to know if you have a X2lite modchip ready to go and you have the wires already soddered in an all you have to do is clip in your mod. i was wondering if you didn't hook up the mod would the xbox still boot up normally or do you have to hook up the mod and use the on/off switch.
the reason i ask is that i have a mod with the wires installed but the mod is not working(flashing red/green). i'm pretty sure the sodder job is good but i'm not sure. the mod doesn't work at all it seems, not even with the mod hooked up and turned off. so i don't know if i have a bum mod, if the soddering is crap or if the mod was exposed to static of something of that nature.