Bobsled:
I am using 2x 7219's.
Looking at the picture again, and noting that there are actually only 10 LED characters, I just can't see how you can possibly have all that wire with two 7219s. OK, so the LED display I have has only 4 characters plus decimal points with one 7219, but I'm sure it only has twelve wires. With the mess like you have, and you say not all the LEDs are connected?, I can only assume that something else is going on that you're not telling us about.