macuserman
Well-known member
Little update on this, I did buy another machine which is not a parts machine but in dedication I tore it completely apart to borrow the hardrive ribbon and check to see if indeed that was the issue with this machine. I was able to boot without any issues off an internal drive using the borrowed ribbon, so I guess that's a bit of good news now if only I could find a ribbon somewhere, which is highly unlikely this one would be functional.