I owned a solderless modchip for the original xbox. While it was nice that you didn't have to solder anything, the drawback was that it was incredibly touchy. The pins had to be aligned just right. A chassis screw was used to hold the chip in place. Any moderate bump would cause the chip to lose...
sometimes to the point of thanking me for my quick actions etc against spam and other stuff, but yea...its either they come to respect me or outright hate me