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Which one to fix??
I have two laptops sitting in a box. Both need a hardrive, which I just picked up. One is a 1400cs and the other is a 5300 also with the low end screen. Both need some reassembly and some screws. But out of the two I can get one working. Any thoughts which might be the better one to work on?? Also I tried a 750mb drive that I thought might work. But it does not do anything ?? I thought I should try something to see if it will start working. It has been sitting for a number of years. Heat it up? Freeze it? Maby shake it??
Both machines use a standard 2.5" IDE hard disk, as found in pretty much any other notebook (excepting new ones which now use 2.5" SATA drives). I've put a 6.4GB drive in my 5300c, and it works a treat - you can do the same with your 1400 + 5300, and bring both back to life 
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The 1400 has:
*11.3" screen @ 800x600 (regardless of C or CS screen)
*Minimum 117MHz processor, 133 and 166MHz had cache
*Internal CDROM capabilities
*Optional expansion card (usually Ethernet or video-out)
*Uses same power adapter as the 3400, G3 PowerBooks, and clamshell iBooks
*Some say it has a better keyboard than the 5300
*BookCovers!
The 5300 has:
*9.5 (B&W) or 10.4" screen, all but CE model @ 640x480
*Cacheless 100 or 117MHz (CE Model) processor
*Uses special power supply (only used on 190 and 5300)
*These often came with video-out cards, some third-party cards available
It all depends on which one you've got the power supply for, and if you'd prefer a 640x480 or 800x600 display, and if you want the option of an internal CDROM drive.
As others have noted, they both take standard IDE hard drives, so finding them isn't usually that much of a challenge. I don't think they'd handle more than 60GB very well, though, but I've never used more than a 10GB drive in one of these so I can't say for sure.
*11.3" screen @ 800x600 (regardless of C or CS screen)
*Minimum 117MHz processor, 133 and 166MHz had cache
*Internal CDROM capabilities
*Optional expansion card (usually Ethernet or video-out)
*Uses same power adapter as the 3400, G3 PowerBooks, and clamshell iBooks
*Some say it has a better keyboard than the 5300
*BookCovers!
The 5300 has:
*9.5 (B&W) or 10.4" screen, all but CE model @ 640x480
*Cacheless 100 or 117MHz (CE Model) processor
*Uses special power supply (only used on 190 and 5300)
*These often came with video-out cards, some third-party cards available
It all depends on which one you've got the power supply for, and if you'd prefer a 640x480 or 800x600 display, and if you want the option of an internal CDROM drive.
As others have noted, they both take standard IDE hard drives, so finding them isn't usually that much of a challenge. I don't think they'd handle more than 60GB very well, though, but I've never used more than a 10GB drive in one of these so I can't say for sure.