IBook Trouble!

Specs for my iBook:
700 mhz G3
640 mb ram
14 inch dual usb model
My issue is that when I try to start my computer (cold start), I get the vertical colorful lines and my hard drive makes a click and a high pitched whine for a second but does not start up. I have to keep pressing the power button hoping that the computer will start. When it does start up nothing appears to be wrong. The hard drive doesn't click and I don't get the vertical lines. Also when I am using the computer nothing seems wrong. I already had the logic board problem fixed so I was wondering if it could be the hard drive. I do have an external hard drive that is bootable so I can put os X on there but I'm not sure how to do it.
So at the very least I would like to know how to install os X on an external hard drive and how to boot to that drive... and if at all possible if someone knows if it's the logic board or the hard drive.
Thanks everyone for your help

If the logic board has been replaced already I doubt that's the problem, could be a number of things like a loose cable in the display housing, hardrive, etc.
Anyways to answer about the external drive part:
http://lowendmac.com/misc/06/0710.html
Or you can just erase your external using the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format via Disk Utility, and restart using your OS X DVD/CD in your iBook then choosing the external drive as the destination for install.
And booting is a matter of holding down the Option key on your keyboard when you boot the unit.

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