I need to replace the hard drive in my powerPC 5400/120. I have some old programs that I still like to use and would love to get this machine back on line. Any suggestions about where I can get a drive for it?

The 5400 uses standard EIDE hard drives. Any IDE/PATA hard drive smaller than 128 GB will work fine. Drives larger than 128 GB will work as well, but you won't be able to see the entire hard drive because the 5400 doesn't know what to do with that much hard drive space.

So, if you have any hard drives hanging around from Mac or PC upgrades you've performed in the past, any of them should work fine with your 5400. I think you'll have to set the drive jumper to "master", though.

Do you need guidance in accessing the internal hard drive of your Mac? It's pretty simple: Undo the two screws on the back of the Mac near the ports, unlatch the back cover on the bottom edge, and pull away the cover. The hard drive is on a little plastic sled at the bottom of the computer. Disconnect the power and IDE cables, and press up on the plastic tab that latches the sled in place while pulling toward you to remove the drive sled.

Peace,
Drew
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Hey O'Bryanp.
Myself Petricnout and I read your entire posting. You need to take help from Internet about your hard drive problem. Your hard drive version, I think, old one. That's why it is little bit difficult to search for that particular version's drive. But on Internet, something will available for you. Anyways thanks for posting it .Stay connected.

Hello, O'Bryanp

I am suggesting you this link:

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/stats/powermac_5400_120.html

Maybe you already know about this useful site. In the probable case that you don't, not only you are going to find specs on your computer, but it is plenty of information about parts and other related stuff.

Right from a PowerPC.