Newb Help on Viper Chip

Hey wandering if anyone could help me out.
I bought a viper chip a while back, installed it into the GC according to several pics i saw, soldering done was good, flashed the chip, and also taped one of the wires down (as someone told me this causes the chip not to work properly when it comes into contact with the heat plate).
Now, when the GC starts up a blank screen comes up with a few flashing lines...GC doesnt seem to start up with the chip installed for some reason...any ideas? Help will be greatly appreciated.