car computer

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Forum Name: Mobile Video, GPS, and Navigation
Forum Discription: Mobile Video Head Units, DVD Players, LCD and TFT Monitors, Navigation, GPS, PS2, PS3, XBox, etc.
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Topic: car computer

Posted By: bigtoysr4us
Subject: car computer
Date Posted: September 19, 2005 at 11:54 AM

Does anyone know how to make a car computer out of an old home computer I know that I will have to buy a touch screen monitor but what elese would I need to do this any help would be appreciated.

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Posted By: Basscoholic23
Date Posted: September 20, 2005 at 10:31 AM

I would ask this question at www.mp3car.com ,hope this helps. Good luck on you project.

Posted By: 1lowgalant
Date Posted: September 22, 2005 at 4:39 PM

I have done this and it works great. The only thing you've got to do carfully is mounting the hard drive. Mounting flat will cause drive to skip, freeze up, and eventually go bad. You can't mount it vertically cause it doesn't a good suspention to withstand everyday driving. What I did was mount it nearly at a 45 degree angle in the enclosure I built. This seems to work pretty good cause after nearly a year I haven't han any problems. Moisture is also a big factor so be careful where you put it. Hope this helps.

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Posted By: audiointl
Date Posted: October 19, 2005 at 12:58 AM

better to go with a laptop. Detach the screen when you finish the install, get an adapter if you need it for the seperate screen, or go ghetto and extend the ribbon using a Coil-type cable. Hope it works out for you!

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