Carputer

[greenman100]

Well I finally got around to starting that carputer.

Specs/prices:

$40 Epox 4G4A+
$15 Celeron 1.8
$45 160GB Deskstar
$10 PC Power and Cooling 400w
$15 VGA to RCA converter until I get my VGA screen

[greenman100]

Overall shot. Mounted on 1/4" plywood with 6-32 screws.

[greenman100]

$10 Pcp&c

[greenman100]

Another angle.

[greenman100]

Hard drive mounting.

Note use of foam, and nylon hardware to minimize vibration.

Note that hard drive can pivot on one axis, as the foam will flex and allot the hard drive to move towards its ide connectors. The plywood will be installed with the long side up, if that makes sense, so the drive will be able to pivot and the foam will absorb shock from potholes.

[Pro*Banshee]

say, I recognize that 1.8 celeron =P

you should put it inside a subwoofer enclosure, unless it's just going to hide in your trunk

[I.M.O.G.]

Looking good so far, thanks for sharing.

Still watching.

[greenman100]

say, I recognize that 1.8 celeron =P

you should put it inside a subwoofer enclosure, unless it's just going to hide in your trunk


it's getting screwed into the back seats, between the seats and my subs. I have an SUV.

[Seven]

Very interesting so far...looking good.

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[greenman100]

Installed:

[greenman100]

note the mouse and remote

[greenman100]

mounted to the back seat

[greenman100]

note the subwoofer box.

[greenman100]

moar tasty subwoofer action. don't mind the tire, that's just from a blowout at 75mph.

[squasher]

Oooh it looks nice.

[-maddog-]

Nice subs how much rms do they get?

[greenman100]

about 300wRMS each

[FastFSB]

Do you have any problems with the subs and the carputer? I just installed a carputer a few days ago and I'm a little nervous about mounting it too close to the subs (2x 10").

[-maddog-]

Do you have any problems with the subs and the carputer? I just installed a carputer a few days ago and I'm a little nervous about mounting it too close to the subs (2x 10").

If they aren't electromagneticly sheilded it will probably cause a problem.

[millhouse]

ive never seem a computer put into a car before. thats sweet!

Its looking very good! :)

[greenman100]

Do you have any problems with the subs and the carputer? I just installed a carputer a few days ago and I'm a little nervous about mounting it too close to the subs (2x 10").


absolutely no problem.

I'll skip the physics, but I could mount my HD on the back of my subwoofer and be fine, magnetically speaking

all this magnetic shielding hubbub is an old wives tale, besides CRT monitors

[FastFSB]

absolutely no problem.

I'll skip the physics, but I could mount my HD on the back of my subwoofer and be fine, magnetically speaking

all this magnetic shielding hubbub is an old wives tale, besides CRT monitors
Really? Could you please elaborate on the physics and details? I've read dozens of threads and pages, and I even built a (crappy!) faraday cage to try to mitigate the problem. If it is really safe to mount the laptop near the subs then I would love to mount it on top of the sub box! Thanks :)

[greenman100]

http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=1463288&postcount=9

[Slayer2003]

........If i put a setup like that next to the JL W6's, they would be either wiped clean of anything on em, or it would skip the read/write head so bad on the first bump that the drive would be junk.


Good sheilding for high-powered sub systems= Extreme Dynamat, the one with the aluminum external layer.

Layer the enclosure of the comp 1 er 2 times, and it will sheild from most every bass hit you can throw at it. The tar/aluminum coating will help in the avoidence of the magnets, and will hide the unit from possible theifs. ;)

[greenman100]

grrrrr


you don't need magnetic shielding on these, and I'm becoming more and more confident that you don't need vibration shielding

[hawtrawkr]

respect!

ive been daydreaming about something similar to this since i first started to really get into computers back in 97. glad to see someone doing it. and with pics! keep up the good work greenman100 your lighting a fire under my arse to take on a project like this as well.

[maxio098ui]

how do you power it

im crap at electronics so

[greenman100]

a 400w inverter.

[Benvanz]

all i can say is..... :attn: