Controller Connection Problem

[narfman0]

While opening my friend's xbox, I found that the connectors to place the controller wires onto the motherboard were not present. I had to get rid of the useless pins on the motherboard and splice off the end part of the controller setup, so I had bare wire to connect to the filled-in solder holes on the motherboard where the controllers should be. I have connected the controllers all sorts of ways, looking at my xbox and his, and looking at how I spliced off the head. I am sure I have the correct connections, but perhaps I soldered it on incorrectly. It is a version 1.0 box. I have a pretty picture to illustrate:

What I want to know is
1.) Could the wiring itself be a problem, so even if I connect correctly it would not work?
2.) Could the wiring be different in each xbox?
3.) Does each connection have to work correctly in order for anything to work?
4.) Do all the connections to a single controller have to work for the controller to work?
I have never personally heard of this problem, but it successfully takes any xbox out of commission. Thanks.

 

[halo2master1150]

well duh they have to be connected in order to work but 1.0 s have another panel in them that the controlers connect to. they are connected to the panel and the panel goes into the mobo. now why cant i sign on . halo2master1150

oh and i like yo signature

 

[narfman0]

I have never heard of needing another panel... On my other 1.0 boxes, I don't remember having to use them, except that they have the harness to hold on the wires in them.

Perhaps I broke the trace? None of the connections work; I was wondering if controller ports 2-4 were even enabled when the change clock settings menu comes up. I was just going to work on the 1/2 port section on the motherboard and hope I get 1 working. Does the harness have any strange wiring inside I need to be aware of? Or what you plug the harness into? Thanks...

 

[narfman0]

Little more illustration:

In the picture, there should be an off-white male connector where the wires are (where I soldered the wires to the motherboard), and it is located on the actual motherboard. The wires should all be in an off-white female harness, of which there are two, for controller ports one and two. The right half of the connection (the left six points, with five solder points, or five actual connections) on the motherboard should be for controller one, and the left half should be likewise for controller two. i just want to know how to get the controllers correctly installed from here.