Alright, I'll start from square one: I installed the QSB, wired the coolrunner, installed it.
I started to embark on the programming of everything, then I ran into the issue that originally brought me here.
I stopped what I was doing, posted here.
So I got a little impatient on awaiting a reply here, so I started doing research on my own. I found Fib3rs tutorial, and when I read through it, thats when I realized I didnt have the nandpro folder set up correctly. I totally uninstalled and removed any and all nandpro/360 multi builder files from the various sections of my laptop here.
I reinstalled everything, in the order that guide instructed me. Went through the process, successfully.
Until it came time to power on my system to get my cpukey. I reinstalled my fan cable... the red dvd cable hooked to the MB itself, along with the one end for the HDD cable (with the white ends on it) stayed hooked up as well... but not leading to anything. Refer to the pictures, as you can see in they have been plugged in the whole time. They weren't running to anything, so I didn't see how they could make any difference. So I just left them connected...
I hooked up the ROL board, once I got the console relocated to the area where my TV is, used the eject button to power on my console with the CR switches set to NOR and SLIM.
The green light on the ROL blinked, as if the console was trying to boot. The green light on the coolrunner lit up simultaneously, and the red light was on the whole time... I gave the console a minute to do its thing, and never seen Xell... or any dashboard for that matter... just a black screen.
That brings me to this point in time right now.