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I should have used a Micro-ATX, but all I could find was a standard ATX. If I were doing it again I would wait to find the right one, but I specifically wanted -
- onboard Sound (for the kids headphones) - at least 4 PCI slots (sound card, network card, USB card) - AGP slot (at least 4x) - no ISA slot - no onboard LAN - no onboard video It's no big problem, the box still fits inside the spare tire. 
I had a lot of the components sitting around from old computers, and what I didn't have I got off ebay. For the power supply, I used a 300 Watt, 12 Volt PSU 
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defenitly looks good man,
would love to try this mod, but 1st i need the cash lol
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Good work Pandaman! Definately impressive.
Keep it up! What are you doing navigation wise? Keyboard and mouse? Cheers
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justfordima wrote: What are you doing navigation wise? Keyboard and mouse? At the moment I am using a wireless mouse and the on-screen keyboard.
I will eventually have a touch screen overlay on top of the factory ICC screen Panda
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yeah I was thinking about that... but they're way to expensive for what they are... pain in the a**. There's some better ideas out there, check out www.mp3car.com... some bright ideas get brought up on there about it.
Cheers
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justfordima wrote: yeah I was thinking about that... but they're way to expensive for what they are... pain in the a**. There's some better ideas out there, check out www.mp3car.com... some bright ideas get brought up on there about it. Been a member of MP3Car.com for a while now, I still haven't found a better option than touchscreen. In my opinion -
Cheers - wireless mouse rolls around the car and is harder to click on something - definately can't do it on the move (safely) - joystick movement is 'clunky' - hard to get on the right icon / tab etc - trackball is to bulky I've tried the mouse and the trackball, touchscreen will be next. Will let you know how it works out. Panda
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Nice custom box you have there. Im doing the same thing at the moment. I have an old AT case im cutting up and modding. Onboard everything so that i can make it as small as possible.
Looks really good there
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i must say mate that looks great =D i was going to chuck my dying desktop into my car but i just cbf. looks awesome =D
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I've been playing around with my carputer and I thought I might post up some pics.
I was never really happy with my first effort at building the case, it did the job but looked cheap. (hell, it was cheap)
I have made a new case, similar but better. This one is slightly higher (120mm instead of 80mm) because I figure there is no point saving space above the carputer, you can't put anything on top of it anyway. This allows me to use a bigger fan 120mm instead of 80mm (106CFM as opposed to 65CFM) and it also means that I don't have to limit myself to low profile PCI cards now. Please bear in mind, this is just a mock up - I know it needs cleaning up. Empty Case 
Case with M/B 
Case with M/B and fan 
Case with M/B, fan and PCI cards 
Case with M/B, fan, PCI cards and HDD 
Case with M/B, fan, PCI cards, HDD and DVD 
I wasn't going to have a DVD, but for the sake of ease I decided to put one in, plus I found it cheap on eBay. (only $10 + $6.80 postage - bargain) This is how I was going to have it before getting the DVD 
Anyway, this is the finished product from the top. 
There's a bit of room on the top right corner, I might stick another 120mm fan in there. That's it for now, but I'm sure this will change again soon. Panda
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Just a quick one. I'm starting to plan to do the same. Just wanted to know which video card you used?? Brand etc...
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Pandaman72 wrote: P3 866MHz Processor, 256MB RAM, 200GB HDD, AGP Arcade VGA Video Card 128MB, PCI Sound Card, PCI Wireless Network Card.
Doesn't seem like a powerful machine, but there is almost nothing running on it, so boot time is less than 30 seconds, resume from standby in about 5 seconds Panda specs were on page one- Arcade VGA, dunno what it supports tho |
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danielrs2k wrote: Just a quick one. I'm starting to plan to do the same. Just wanted to know which video card you used?? Brand etc... It's an Arcade VGA card (AGP).
What kind of graphics does it support?? Can you run a DVD/Divx video through it ? Since I posted all of this things have changed a lot. My wife fell pregnant with our 4th child, so the XR6 Turbo had to go, sad sad day. What was even sadder is that I bought a Honda Odyssey (112 kW) - what a heap of sh*t. Anyway, I am modifing the carputer to go into the Honda, but it doesn't have a factory screen like the XR did, so if you want a cheap second hand Arcade VGA card, I still have it sitting in my shed. Actually, I still have a fair bit of Ford specific stuff sitting in my shed if you are interested. Didn't mean to turn this into a 'For Sale' post, just thought I would throw that in. There's also a link in my signature that might answer some questions. Panda
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another quick question pandaman, wat type of power source did u use for ur install, it was a normal atx 240v pc power supply running of a 12v to 240v inverter hey,
im venturing into this carputer scene just wanted to know with ur new setup if u were still gonna run the inverter or maybe one of those opus power suplies or maybe the dc-dc converters.. cheers |
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dsnow_01 wrote: another quick question pandaman, wat type of power source did u use for ur install, it was a normal atx 240v pc power supply running of a 12v to 240v inverter hey, The PSU is from here - http://www.switchbox.com.au/12v-atx-power-supply-p-43.html It's 12 volt supply.dsnow_01 wrote: im venturing into this carputer scene just wanted to know with ur new setup if u were still gonna run the inverter or maybe one of those opus power suplies or maybe the dc-dc converters.. I'm still going to run this one.
cheers Panda
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Pandaman72 wrote: Actually, I still have a fair bit of Ford specific stuff sitting in my shed if you are interested. Panda
Can I ask what you have exactly? |
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