Okay, I opened the Mac. I completely removed the hard drive, re-plugged its plugs, and put it back in. In the process I managed to lose a screw somewhere inside the computer. But I found the panel covering for the back that was missing; it was loose inside the Mac.

The logic board's the one across the bottom of the computer, right? That's where I think the screw went, and I tried to slide the logic board out, but I was stopped by a connector that seems to be soldered onto the board. How can I slide that board out?

Anyway, I put the case back on and booted it up, and it functioned exactly as it had before, with the help of my system floppy disk.

But later today I'll open it again and remove the hard drive. I'm sure the Mac will be able to function without it anyway, relying completely on my system disk. I'll begin dismantling the hard drive, and hopefully pinpoint the problem in the process.

But chances are I won't turn that Mac on again until I either fix the internal hard drive, or find it an external one. (Or maybe even another internal, but I prefer an external as a temporary replacement)

So where can I get an external SCSI hard drive? I'll look around on eBay, but are there any other good places to find one? Or maybe someone in this forum has one that they might be willing to lend me?

-Apostrophe