MCE's discription is pretty clear. If your Toshiba HD mounting screw holes
match the PB1400's chassis holes then you do not need an adaptor bracket.
If the screw holes no not match you either need the adaptor bracket or let
the new HD sit loose in the PB case.
"Mystras" wrote in message
news:4930986f.0310281342.54283cdc@posting.google.c om...
> I would like to build a new HD on my PB 1400. I have a Toshiba HD but
> on this page I found this: What are this brackets? Do I need them
> realy?
>
> http://www.mcetech.com/ms.html#brackets
> About Mounting Brackets: If you have a PowerBook 1400, 5300, 190, or
> Duo 2300 then you will need a new mounting bracket in order to
> properly install any of the above drives into your system. All of the
> hard drive manufacturers that MCE and Apple use as components for
> their PowerBook products have changed the location of the mounting
> holes on their hard drives to the far corners of the drive to make
> more room inside the drive. The original hard drive brackets which are
> inside the PB 1400, PB 5300/190, and Duo 2300 systems will not
> properly mount the new drives, as they were designed for the older,
> lower capacity drives with the older mounting hole positions.The
> bracket kit for the PowerBook 5300, 190, and Duo 2300 is available
> separately (MCE Part # BRKT5323), as is the bracket for the PowerBook
> 1400 (MCE Part # BRKT1400).

In article ,
"breyfogle" wrote:

> MCE's discription is pretty clear. If your Toshiba HD mounting screw holes
> match the PB1400's chassis holes then you do not need an adaptor bracket.
> If the screw holes no not match you either need the adaptor bracket or let
> the new HD sit loose in the PB case.

Or drill new holes in the existing sheet metal mounting bracket, which
is what I did. Easy job, no hassles.

Matthew.

It's been a few years since I upgraded a PB1400, but IIRC the original Apple
HD was screwed directly to the chassis without the need for any bracket.
"Matthew Kirkcaldie" wrote
in message
news:Matthew.Kirkcaldie-8673E7.12505630102003@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au...
> In article ,
> "breyfogle" wrote:
>
> > MCE's discription is pretty clear. If your Toshiba HD mounting screw
holes
> > match the PB1400's chassis holes then you do not need an adaptor
bracket.
> > If the screw holes no not match you either need the adaptor bracket or
let
> > the new HD sit loose in the PB case.
>
> Or drill new holes in the existing sheet metal mounting bracket, which
> is what I did. Easy job, no hassles.
>
> Matthew.

In article ,
"breyfogle" wrote:

> It's been a few years since I upgraded a PB1400, but IIRC the original Apple
> HD was screwed directly to the chassis without the need for any bracket.

It's not. It sits in a small sheet metal "sled" which it's screwed to -
I know because I drilled four holes in one.

Matthew.

Thank you for your replies,
do you have a link with instructions on how to build the new HD?
Peter

Matthew Kirkcaldie wrote in message news:...
> In article ,
> "breyfogle" wrote:
>
> > It's been a few years since I upgraded a PB1400, but IIRC the original Apple
> > HD was screwed directly to the chassis without the need for any bracket.
>
> It's not. It sits in a small sheet metal "sled" which it's screwed to -
> I know because I drilled four holes in one.
>
> Matthew.

In article <4930986f.0310311333.474af1d1@posting.google.com>,
bb.bb@gmx.net (Mystras) wrote:

> Thank you for your replies,
> do you have a link with instructions on how to build the new HD?

I assume you mean "how to drill the holes" - no I don't, I just lined
the drive up with the metal shell and marked where the holes shoud be.
Then I put a small piece of wood behind the metal to support it, and
drilled holes the same size as the other holes, in the places where I
had marked. Very simple.

Cheers,

Matthew.