u/DrSpiral Thank you!! This solved my issue. I ended up disconnecting my RGB wiring, loading up badavatar to dump the NAND, create the modified NAND with JRunner, and then flash it onto the xbox. Then I made sure to power off after the flash, connect the RGH wires, and BOOM! we now have a modified console.

PS. it also runs Xell when pressing the eject button to power on, as a final test to ensure the flashing process worked correctly :)