well im excited.. the parts came for my carputer.. merry christmas to me.. lolz.. i still have to work out a power supply and then im all set.. can't wait till it warms up a little so i can start fiberglassing a little...

just trying to show off the size of the mobo.. didin't have any other bills offhand...


touchscreen

 

Cool! Where did you get it from? Cost, if you don't mind me asking? Website? I like the whole idea of a carputer and might consider one down the road.

Nice...post pics after install! Thanks!

 

fuckin sick man!!!

 

I've been considering one quite heavily from time to time, let us know as many details as possible

 

well mobo u keep eye open on ebay,., they run about 100-140$... the touchscreen there are two options... liliput (245$) or xenarc (425$) the quality on the xenarc is insane and it is much brighter so can be seen better in the sunlight... i went the cheap route cause im only gonna use it for gps and playing mp3s for now... maybe add in a ps2 later on with its AV in... i am having problems booting the laptop hd (pricewatch.com) and i have a slot loading slim DVD drive coming soon... gotta stop by home depot and pick up some plexiglass to build the case later on after the holidays.. for now i just want to make sure everything is working before i fab where to put everything...

and another thing... does anyone know where i can get or have an extra frame that goes around the stock hu??? i need to make a frame for the screen and i want to work on one outside the car during the winter so i can just drop it into the car in the spring???

 

o0o0o, one of my favorite mods! i congratulate you on making the jump!

 

KaMLuNg, I was wondering if you got it installed yet? How did you make out........pics?

 

Damn, loook slike you will beat me to it!! I'd started working on mine but then the motor took precidence!!! What kind of Motherboard are you using?

 

I've seen a few people use those liliput screens for their carputer setups.

 

Yo man...just a lil advice...for something as pricey like that MoBo...Negative on the Plexiglass man...go with Lexan...its alot stronger and looks alot better...its a little more expensive but its worth it...cant wait to see the end result...i might have to jock ya on this one!

 

naw i have to wait till spring to put it in when it is warmer... so all the parts are still scattered in my basement... lolz...

the mobo is used so i really don't care if it gets screwed up... i wanna do plexiglass cause it is easier for me to cut but ill keep the lexan in mind...

 

http://www.xenarcdirect.com/search_r...n=ALL&iLevel=1

 

jees, that is expensive...plus with a fanless system, that would get wayyyy too hot for a computer(especially with an intel processor). if i were to do this, i would just go with a micro atx motherboard and a custom case made with aluminum. for the heatsink, i would get a low profile server heatsink with a high rpm fan hooked up to a rheostat/fan controller(so i could turn it down after the ac kicks in or when its freezing outside. i would use my athlon xp 2000+ and probably under clock it(im getting a mobile 2600+ soon, overclocking++ ). idk about the power supply though, i still havent found anything that would have enough power and run off of 12v, so if anyone has a link, could you please share? well thats just my

 

google search opus... they make the best dc-dc ps for this type of project...