On Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:06:03 PM UTC-5, glenstrek wrote: > > The case got bent, the hard drive and video card were dislarged on > arrival. How hard is it to take all guts out of this G5 and reassemble in a > new case? Any propriety tools needed? > I bought one with a bent case several years ago, it looked just like yours and it was far cheaper than a pristine one. My solution, which I highly recommend, was to purchase a 27" monitor and hide the G5 behind it! Worked great! But being the anal-retentive sort that I am I eventually got out a bunch of large clamps and wrenches and went to work straightening the bent aluminum. That worked pretty well cosmetically but since the rivets were popped (like yours are) the case wasn't 100% stable; still I ran it like that a few years. Finally I got a good used case at a great price and transplanted all the "guts". What a PIA, unless you really like tinkering with things it's very frustrating but not impossible. The only special tool needed is a very long 2.5 mm torx driver, I found a 10" one at Ace Hardware (Eklind 10" 2.5 mm torx #54925). Looking back at it I probably should have stuck with my first solution.
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