My Solara carputer

by **Fenix** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:37 pm

EPIA mobo 800MHz, 256 MB, 30 gig, slim-CD-rom, 7 inches monitor, Gyration wireless keyboard & 3D mouse, I-tuner micro power supply, custom power+reset button+LED lights, window XP professional, wireless network and 2000+ songs. :-)

It's very quite and powerful.

Coming soon: In-dash DVD player, GPS and repaint the monitor. Maybe relocate the PC to custom case and place under passenger seat.

The power of DIY.

Please drop some suggestion to help me improve my carputer project.

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I'll change all my interior light to blue to match....

by **Blaze** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:43 pm

sweet, i was gonna set up a computer in my solara as well. I just dont know where to put it. too bad ur running xp thou

by **happy_aggies** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:50 pm

Wut r u gonna do w/ da carputa?
PS: Blue tooth rocks!

by ***Charinee*** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:55 pm

Wow, i would love to have something like that in my car! Great job by th way! How long did it take you to do all that, and was it difficult?

by **Fenix** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 1:22 pm

Thanks for dropping by, all.

Blaze, running WinXP is the bad thing? hehehe, well, I'm not really good at Linux anyway.

Happy_Aggies,

What am I gonna do with the computer?

The sky's the limit, sir. Playing music, DVD for my guests, navigation system, playing game, testing audio system, checking email, browsing the net (I hate the small monitor though)...so on and so forth.

*Charinee*
Thanks. The project is quite long for me (like 3 months of planning, selecting parts, buying, bidding on ebay, putting them together with lots of custom things to do..) It wasn't that difficult, just the first time doing it was kinda hard to figure out things.
However, it's really fun and satisfying. I really like it.
If you like to do the same project, I'd love to show you step by step.

Btw, I like your car a lot (the color is great).

by **Blaze** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 1:31 pm

win2k all the way

xp is just a pretty version of win2k made simple

by **cruze105** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:25 pm

nice job, was gonna do the same but it was too much hassle. It seems u took the laptop apart and used parts. Did u use laptop parts or pc parts. How many watts is ur power inverter?

by **krazeee1707** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 3:27 pm

What??!! I would have never thought of puting a computer in my car. That's pimp dood. Good Job.

by **Yanks0114** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:39 pm

Very hot. I like the custom work. Do you actually use it?

I think for a car XP is better suited because chances are you will use it for multimedia and thats where XP has the edge over 2k.

by **Missay** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:40 pm

I feel like such a mom right now...but be careful it's not a distraction!

Haha..remember the crap people gave BAsolara w/ the solaraguy posting while driving?? :lol:

Well, besides the whole email/distraction thing..that's pretty awesome..especially all the stuff you can do w/ music in the car..I'm envious :wink:

by **pecora55** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 9:51 pm

win2k is nice, but i prefer xp, got 10 straight weeks of win2k grrr...but its not bad, just got done with linux, that was fun, stick with xp, will treat ya good, awesome set up, maybe illput it in my spec....later

by **Fenix** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:16 pm

Thanks for the kind words, all.

Blaze, I have win2k but prefer XP for this carputer. It loaded faster for me.

Cruze105,

I just used the slim laptop CD-rom I bought from Ebay ($16 shipped,

). Besides that, nothing from the laptop. It's all PC parts. My power supply is 120Watts.

Krazee1707, I take that as the compliment.

Yanks0114,
Yes, I use it but only at night time. It's mainly for music. Daily drive, I just pop the cd in my Kenwood mp3 CD player. In the future, I might use it more for GPS.

Missay,
I'll keep my eyes on the road.

Here is the bare picture of the PC before I wire it

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by **happy_aggies** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:29 pm

Hmmh... still not understand, since laptop will do the same thing.

Abt music, there is some player that can take AV input,
also laptop has bigger screen.

But I do admire ur hard work tho, I know it's a lot of work to get it done.

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What am I gonna do with the computer?

The sky's the limit, sir. Playing music, DVD for my guests, navigation system, playing game, testing audio system, checking email, browsing the net (I hate the small monitor though)...so on and so forth.

Website · by **xyntax** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 10:05 pm

Blaze wrote:win2k all the way xp is just a pretty version of win2k made simple

You're right Blaze, but cmon the XP idea is just like WinMe for Win98, but way better right?

Fenix, you got it made! That's pretty smart rather than installing big stereo system that doesnt do much except play clearer and louder. IMO, big f'n deal. For the money, yours is more practical and intelligent. Kudos dude!

I might play up something like yours in the near future. Probably when I get a new laptop, then I could use my big-ass Inspiron 8200 as my carputer component. Anyone know of a good HUD (heads up display) module that could be used for a car's windshield? That's would be really awesome

by **tiredolddog** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 4:31 am

Very cool. I admire your work. Take a look at my far less sophistocated carputer installation.

http://www.cardomain.com/id/tiredolddog

Cheers,

Tired Old Dog

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