carputer?

slc72005 · Post by **slc72005** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:45 am

has anyone on here ever done one.

it doesnt seem like it would be that difficult.

i have plenty of motherboards to use.

the only thing i see having problems is hooking up the computer to the the RCA style A/V cables inputs on my headunit so i can use it as the computer monitor.

and also a small problem to would be the power supply

the reason i would do this is becaus i can wire a usb cable into my dash and be able to hook up my BLACKJACK to the computer and be able to have DSL speed on the go, that would be pretty cool just to have

:)

Post by **stipud** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:52 am

http://www.mp3car.com/

slc72005 · Post by **slc72005** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:53 am

stipud wrote:http://www.mp3car.com/

thanks im checking it out now

slc72005 · Post by **slc72005** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:06 am

how about this one?

http://store.mp3car.com/ProductDetails. ... =TechSpecs

i would stil need to get a power supply, hard drive, cd drive and i would build a cse to house it in which is no big deal at all

it has the tv out so it would work with my H/U

does it look good to you stipud?

BH · Post by BH » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:22 am

If you just do a little bit of regulation you can make a simple power supply that will go straight into the mobo.

1moreamp · Post by **1moreamp** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:38 am

You will need wide range input DC to DC convertors that supply + - 12 and + - 5 volts. Of a 12 to 110 invertor that feeds a regular computer power supply.

Hard drives act like gyro's in a car and exhibit gyroscopic forces when spinning and in motion inside a car. Its kind of hard on them.

Other than that no big deal on Carputers in fact there several available at a couple different sites on the web

slc72005 · Post by **slc72005** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:14 pm

how about this one, from the description it looks like it would be perfect for what i need, plus this thing is super small and would fit in my glovebox perfectly. has the TV output so i can run it to my H/U monitor. audio output so i can hook it up to the H/U, doesnt have a cd drive but i dont see a need for one really, i can just temporarly hook one up to install software, i wouldnt be playing any games on it since i already asked for a playstation 2 (the slim version) for christmas. if i got this thing the only other thing that i would want for the car would be headrest monitors.

so i would have a great stereo, a playstation 2, and a carputer with highspeed wireless internet connection and full functional computer, and 3 monitors (1 in the H/U and 2 in the headrests)

that would be a killer car set up all the way around

here is the link to the auction for the carputer

http://cgi.ebay.com/MINI-ITX-CARPUTER-C ... dZViewItem

Post by **VW337** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:30 pm

Look up a nano-itx board by VIA.

12cm x 12cm

Post by **stipud** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:33 pm

Or get a Mac mini in the same size with a CD drive.

1moreamp · Post by **1moreamp** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:35 pm

slc72005 wrote:how about this one, from the description it looks like it would be perfect for what i need, plus this thing is super small and would fit in my glovebox perfectly. has the TV output so i can run it to my H/U monitor. audio output so i can hook it up to the H/U, doesnt have a cd drive but i dont see a need for one really, i can just temporarly hook one up to install software, i wouldnt be playing any games on it since i already asked for a playstation 2 (the slim version) for christmas. if i got this thing the only other thing that i would want for the car would be headrest monitors.

so i would have a great stereo, a playstation 2, and a carputer with highspeed wireless internet connection and full functional computer, and 3 monitors (1 in the H/U and 2 in the headrests)

that would be a killer car set up all the way around

here is the link to the auction for the carputer

http://cgi.ebay.com/MINI-ITX-CARPUTER-C ... dZViewItem

Beware the intel 810 chipset is only good for 512 meg of ram. And if you use XP it will need every bit of that much to run as smooth as possible

slc72005 · Post by **slc72005** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:39 pm

VW337 wrote:Look up a nano-itx board by VIA.

12cm x 12cm

yep i found it, the boards alone cost $400 and they even state on there that they do not make any casses yet for the board so that is definatly out of there

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:04 pm

This is sex: http://www.deloreanmacmini.com/