Geeko - It does have a CD drive that spins, also a floppy. I can provide a battery from a PB 5300 (NiMh) that holds a tiny charge. The unit did not come with a Li-Ion battery, they appear to have been using the cheaper NiMh - probably just used it plugged in. There is a 48 or 64 MB ram card in the slot, can't remember which, can check if that's of hight concern. Since you have a power supply that's good (?), I would not include that.

The screen, alas, is the unknown. But since they went through that R&R three years ago, and it was the cable, my 'educated guess' is that the screen and cable are ok and that it is the VRAM on the logic board that is causing the issue. This was one of the original 180mhz units. Overall, it appears to have been well cared for.

FYI, I had a line on a 200 mhz used card from BetaMacs for $27 shipped, far lower than Wegener. Or, you could transplant your logic board from your unit. If you've worked on 5300s, the inside architecture is very similar.

I can take some pictures if you like.

It's ok either way, your unit just sounded a bit distressed and this would be a good new set of plastics etc. for transplantation.

J.