Another busted 2400..Advise Requested Please

[jkufahl]

Another sad story.

I was replacing the keyboard on a working 2400, carefully following 
instructions found and given to me. Upon removing the trackpad and palm 
rest assembly I damaged the connecting orange/gold ribbon cable that is 
held on the underside. I snapped off like as though it was very 
brittle. At first I did not notice the damage so I installed the new 
keyboard and put the machine back together only to find that it would 
not boot up. However the green light in the white translucent release 
was lighted up. In fact this light did not go out even when I unplugged 
the ac adapter and removed the battery.

IS this machine worth repairing? Its a great little machine with a g3 
upgrade and acceptable RAM. and what is the extent of the damage? Is 
there mother board damage as that little green light staying on freaks 
me out? Or is this machine a candidate for being parted out and cutting 
my losses...

All advice is greatly appreciated, I am a veteran mac tinkerer, but 
this is my first 2400, and it poses...shall we say unique challenges.

With lots of platonic love,
Jonathan