Ok-I'm giving up on it. I just spent like 10 minutes flipping that thing in all different directions. I don't think it opens up. I guess I'd have to send it to IBM to have it fixed at an exorbant price. I'm not going to do that. My guess is that the hard disk is fried if it won't show up in the BIOS. It wasn't really a big deal, anyway.
-Aarmenaa
PS-I believe this is a sealed system because the battery can't be replaced-it's in there permanantly, and the whole machine has to be "disposed of properly" when you dump it.