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The motherboard stand offs are pressed into the back panel and are surprisingly easy to take off without damaging either the stand off or the back panel. I decided to re use these stand offs by repositioning them and reattaching them with JB Weld.






Test fitting and marking where the the motherboard needs to be located wasn't that bad due to the PCI slots. I mounted an old graphics card to the MB and was able to line up the motherboard for depth and alignment. Luckily, the stand offs were the perfect length offset the motherboard to line up with the PCI slots. As you can see, the IO shield will need to be pushed inward to match with the motherboard connections. I cut up an older case to use its mounting bracket.



The DVD player that came with the G5 is very long and uses IDE connections. Fortunately, it has standard mounts on the bottom using standard screws. I was able to use a shorter DVD-R drive with SATA without any modifications.


I wanted to use the stock PSU enclosure because it neatly fits into the bottom of the chassis. Most people just strap the ATX enclosure to the bottom and call it a day, but it destroys the air flow and look of the case. I stripped out the stock PSU and will fit the internals out of an ATX power supply for use in the stock enclosure.