need help with removing drivebay rails. i have a chieftech case and i am putting my watercooling kit inside this week. i am going to put radiator in front of case . the bottom 3.5 drivebay cage removes with the lever but then the platform the cage sets on is still attached with rivets. anyone have any ideas on how to remove this platform and/or rivets so i can make room for my radiator i want to remove it without making it look all tore up and junky too
see picture below it shows what part i am talking about removing

try using a dremel to cut off the rivets. I've got the same type of case, but I'm not too sure really how to remove it. If worse comes to worse, you can always cut that off...

Just take an orderinary drill and drill rite in the center of the rivets. this is the best way to do it.

the only problem i can forsee is getting the drill in there...

put a drill bit on the dremel u said u can get that in their

ive done it. you just have to have a small one. works fine.

thanks guys fro the help i was thinking of the drill idea but wondered if their was a way around it. i am putting my new 2500+ and asus a7n8x deluxe mobo in tonight and prob doing a fresh OS install. so while i got everything out of case i am going to strip down case and go to town on the rivets. the only thing i am worried about is getting all the metal shavings out. oh well going to try it after work tonight. thanks again guys

sweet im building a rig just like that only diff mines gunna have custom water cooling! One word Magnet, I think the outside is al but i think the parts inside are still the rivits are probley steel so i would try that.

i am putting my watercooling in next week i have innovatek kit but no time to setup this week. i got my mobo and cpu and cables cleaned up completely last night. only running at stock speed and hsf since i will hook up my h20 kit next week

I have the same case and i removed the rivets using a drill. I popped off the front cover and drilled right in. I removed both drive bays (replaced with smaller one) and also the bar that goes across the window to support the upper rack and power supply (it has been off for over a year and i have not once had a problem not having it on)
But yeah drilling out the rivets is the best way to go and it is easy to reattach with a riveting gun if you ever want it back on.

nice looking rig man. i didn't take off front panel though just drilled from inside and removed outside rivet and pulled with a little force and it pulled out left side and middle with no mess either looks great. i am going to post pics when i get h2o up and running next week