ollie240585
Ex. Club Member
Well kind of got bored and am in the process of building an in car-computer into my car.
I am using the M1-ATX PSU to power the beast, Excellent PSU designed for car use (boots on Ignition - Shutdown when ignition off or when battery falls below 11V - the choice is yours) It also has an attachment to power the remote for amplifiers, although to stop the "pop" you hear through a computers speakers when you first turn it on - the remote is on a delayed timer - clever!!!!
Using some random small motherboard 17cm x 17cm with an inbuilt 1.5GHZ processor with 512MB of DDR2 ram
Using a 60GB laptop HDD running windows 2K.
I'm actually using the set up at the momeent to write this, although running off a standard PSU. I've purchased an 8" Touch Panel TFT monitor (which runs off 12Volts) which i'm going to build and fiberglass a holder on to my dash. with also the monitor being removeable. The system is very quiet which is nice.
Does anyone know if a Standard sized DVD rom will fit into the place of the Head Unit? Would go check but not got my car at the moment.
If not then it's going to be a laptop DVD-ROM which is going to fit below the TFT. I hope to have this unit installed within the next few weeks. Would have done more but been working in Switzerland and it's killed me!!!
Anyone you thinking why build a computer into a car?
In Car media (no CDs laying around)
Can use it to store videos, films and the DVD-ROM as a standard DVD player.
And just why not, lol.
I know this thread is useless without pictures but i'll update it soon.
EDIT: Maybe I should have put this in ICE??
I am using the M1-ATX PSU to power the beast, Excellent PSU designed for car use (boots on Ignition - Shutdown when ignition off or when battery falls below 11V - the choice is yours) It also has an attachment to power the remote for amplifiers, although to stop the "pop" you hear through a computers speakers when you first turn it on - the remote is on a delayed timer - clever!!!!
Using some random small motherboard 17cm x 17cm with an inbuilt 1.5GHZ processor with 512MB of DDR2 ram
Using a 60GB laptop HDD running windows 2K.
I'm actually using the set up at the momeent to write this, although running off a standard PSU. I've purchased an 8" Touch Panel TFT monitor (which runs off 12Volts) which i'm going to build and fiberglass a holder on to my dash. with also the monitor being removeable. The system is very quiet which is nice.
Does anyone know if a Standard sized DVD rom will fit into the place of the Head Unit? Would go check but not got my car at the moment.
If not then it's going to be a laptop DVD-ROM which is going to fit below the TFT. I hope to have this unit installed within the next few weeks. Would have done more but been working in Switzerland and it's killed me!!!
Anyone you thinking why build a computer into a car?
In Car media (no CDs laying around)
Can use it to store videos, films and the DVD-ROM as a standard DVD player.
And just why not, lol.
I know this thread is useless without pictures but i'll update it soon.
EDIT: Maybe I should have put this in ICE??