CAR PC PROJECT

[Mnemonic]

Ok so i usually dont post pics of stuff before im done but i felt like i would share today:<p><p><p><p><p>Almost done with the molding i figure ill put to more coats of resin on it then sand it down real nice then prime and paint and will be good to go <p>Im still building the pc as we speak but will be ready for Nopi

[VizualXTC]

Looks good man, keep up the good work.

[maniac]

Nice, i am considering putting a pc in my mx-3 over the winter... keep us updated

[Spydie]

i must be lazy. I'm just doing the laptop in the glove box trick.

[gueedo]

I've got the pc that I was making for my car for sale if anyone is interested in buying it. It is a P2 with a 2 gig Hard Drive and a graphics card and sound card. The case is totally clear plexiglass that I custom built. Let me know if anyone's interested.<p>[ August 19, 2003: Message edited by: MikeX-3 ]</p>

[BumpNGlow]

I was working on one for a long time... just getting the system up and stripped down to a fast boot up time... but I got lazy and now I'm heading off to college where I won't get a chance to finish it... maybe on day

[Nd4SpdSe]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Darren Hyderman:
i must be lazy. I'm just doing the laptop in the glove box trick.<hr></blockquote><p>Man! I wanted to do that since i was driving my parents 626! But i've never see it done.<p>Nice job so far Mnemonic! What you planning for the actual system (specs and unit)? I really, really like that idea, actually a few ideas just poped in my head that would make it better (IMO), but you would have to redo it, so im not gonna bother and put idea's in your head and you second guess your idea<p> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by BumpNGlow:
I was working on one for a long time... just getting the system up and stripped down to a fast boot up time... but I got lazy and now I'm heading off to college where I won't get a chance to finish it... maybe on day <hr></blockquote><p>Just to mention, on my system, im running tablet XP Pro, i can go from off to resume from hibernation in under 20seconds (if i had a watch, i'd time it). The nice thing, i set (through power options) as my power button to put the pc in hibernation, so it stop the pc where it is. So when i start it up, it resums from where i left off, including where is was in my winamp playlist and to the second to where it was in the current song.<p>So, i press the power button when i stop, or even as im, say just down the street, takes about 15-20 seconds to save the settings for hibernation and shut off. What i can also do is just press the button as im getting out of the car, and since its ATX, i press the power button and turn off the monitor (if its on), and it shuts down and turn off by itself, no need to babysit it.<p>When i get into the car, i start my car, turn on the carpc, and before and as im just pull out of the parking lot, it starts up and continues off where i left off, so i dont need to worry about loading winamp, my playlist and trying to find where i left off. And with 2 touches (i would say clicks, but i have a touchscreen) i can re-randomise my playlist.<p>[ August 20, 2003: Message edited by: Nd4SpdSe ]</p>

[Custommx3]

If you get a power supply from opussolutions.com it has a shutdown controller, voltage regulator, adn a shutoff timer. Thats what Im using.

[Nd4SpdSe]

questions tho, what if you wanna still use your pc after shuting off the car? How do you turn it on if and when your car's off? The voltage regular is a cool one tho

[Mnemonic]

i guess the same way if you wanna use your radio, <p>
pc specs
(as of now)
433 PIII
512 mb ram
30 gig hd
raedon 7500 vid<p>in the next month
Epia M10000
30 gig hd
512 mb ram
opus power supply