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The PowerBook 1400 series laptops are notorious for a different sort of hinge failure than the rest of the PowerBook lineup. Instead of standoffs breaking, the back display housing itself with form cracks around the hinges, which will get bad enough to cause the plastic to complete break. Unlike standoffs, this sort of damage isn't able to be cleanly repaired most of the time, leading to most of them looking like this ebay listing after a good bit of on-the-go use.
My 1400 is just starting to crack, and every time I use the hinge it gets worse. It isn't exclusive to this one model either, my Dell Latitude CPi has the exact same issues, and I'm sure any other laptop that uses this hinge design does as well. The CPi's situation especially sucks since that one's got a working battery. I used to take it out of the house all the time until this problem came about.
With the 1400 being a reasonably popular machine among collectors, has anyone found a permanent fix yet? It's the one Achilles heal of this system, it's perfect in just about every other way.
My 1400 is just starting to crack, and every time I use the hinge it gets worse. It isn't exclusive to this one model either, my Dell Latitude CPi has the exact same issues, and I'm sure any other laptop that uses this hinge design does as well. The CPi's situation especially sucks since that one's got a working battery. I used to take it out of the house all the time until this problem came about.
With the 1400 being a reasonably popular machine among collectors, has anyone found a permanent fix yet? It's the one Achilles heal of this system, it's perfect in just about every other way.