Notebook as in car PC?
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I don't know about laptops being that useful in the Z.
Here's my reasoning: how will you turn it on/off? You will have to get a docking station probably.
Anyway, if you already have the laptop I guess it would be ok. If you haven't spent the money for the laptop, its quite easy to build a car-pc for little money that can turn off/on automatically etc.
www.mp3car.com
you should check out that website.
Here's my reasoning: how will you turn it on/off? You will have to get a docking station probably.
Anyway, if you already have the laptop I guess it would be ok. If you haven't spent the money for the laptop, its quite easy to build a car-pc for little money that can turn off/on automatically etc.
www.mp3car.com
you should check out that website.
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JPerkins,
I have thought about taking the route of building a car PC too, I actually found a couple of site similar to mp3car.com. The only concern I have of building a car PC is the power supply part. I can build a PC with no problem, but I am not too sure about the automobile electrical portion.
I have thought about taking the route of building a car PC too, I actually found a couple of site similar to mp3car.com. The only concern I have of building a car PC is the power supply part. I can build a PC with no problem, but I am not too sure about the automobile electrical portion.
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What you want to do is buy an Opus power supply. That will connect to your battery and ignition switch and send auto on/off signals via your ignition. It will also keep the PC from rebooting from the low voltage during a crank.
I bought my opus from www.karpc.com.
It's pretty pricey for only 90w and 150w power supplies but its basically the best DC-DC power supply you can get.
You definitely want to check out the mini-itx boards and cpu's, laptop hard drives and such since they consume very little power and therefore put off little heat.
I have ordered my stuff but it isn't in yet. I basically got the
-Opus 90W open frame power supply
-VIA EPIA MII 12000 (1.2 ghz nehemiah processor)
-512MB CL2 PC2100 Ram
-80GB 2.5" laptop Hard drive
-Slim CD ROM
-Xenarc 7" Touchscreen with 16' extension cables
-Morex 3677 Black Case (comes with 60w DC-DC power supply but doesn't have the chip to control shutdown so I will be getting rid of the PS) It also comes with the adapters for the CD and Hard drive to mount the slim versions of hard drives and CD
-Illuminated short-slim keyboard
-USB Wireless adapter
-USB XM PCR (XM satellite tuner for the PC)
I need to get the 2003 Nav pocket and finisher to mount the LCD in the nav pocket (2004 is too small).
I am also installing a basslink in the stock bose sub location, crossfire vr354 amp (4x90) eclipse component 6.5"s in the front, eclipse mid-bass in the rears and an eclipse 8454 for the head unit.
This head unit has an aux input RCA's so I can plug my sound card output into it for volume control.
I already have a USB GPS receiver and Routis software so good to go there.
I'm pretty excited.
I bought my opus from www.karpc.com.
It's pretty pricey for only 90w and 150w power supplies but its basically the best DC-DC power supply you can get.
You definitely want to check out the mini-itx boards and cpu's, laptop hard drives and such since they consume very little power and therefore put off little heat.
I have ordered my stuff but it isn't in yet. I basically got the
-Opus 90W open frame power supply
-VIA EPIA MII 12000 (1.2 ghz nehemiah processor)
-512MB CL2 PC2100 Ram
-80GB 2.5" laptop Hard drive
-Slim CD ROM
-Xenarc 7" Touchscreen with 16' extension cables
-Morex 3677 Black Case (comes with 60w DC-DC power supply but doesn't have the chip to control shutdown so I will be getting rid of the PS) It also comes with the adapters for the CD and Hard drive to mount the slim versions of hard drives and CD
-Illuminated short-slim keyboard
-USB Wireless adapter
-USB XM PCR (XM satellite tuner for the PC)
I need to get the 2003 Nav pocket and finisher to mount the LCD in the nav pocket (2004 is too small).
I am also installing a basslink in the stock bose sub location, crossfire vr354 amp (4x90) eclipse component 6.5"s in the front, eclipse mid-bass in the rears and an eclipse 8454 for the head unit.
This head unit has an aux input RCA's so I can plug my sound card output into it for volume control.
I already have a USB GPS receiver and Routis software so good to go there.
I'm pretty excited.
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I plan to use a laptop that I have with a broken screen, that I dont mind damaging a bit more to wire something to the power switch.
I am not sure exactly my complete plans, but the laptop can last over 4 days on standby, and I can set it up to automatically go into standby mode x minutes after it loses power (turn off the car) and to restart when it receives power again (turn on the car)
I am not sure exactly my complete plans, but the laptop can last over 4 days on standby, and I can set it up to automatically go into standby mode x minutes after it loses power (turn off the car) and to restart when it receives power again (turn on the car)
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