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02-09-2006, 02:24 AM
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My 2nd G35 Carputer Creation and Install
As promised, I said I would do a full write up when I did my 2nd carputer creation and install. I'll post an inventory list of what is used, costs, and pictures through the process. The idea for this carputer is to bulid a good quality carpc with fairly low power consumption, not break the bank, be stable and make it show quality.
So here is what I am using..... (I will add more as I add it to the system) Computer Hardware: Epia-M 1ghz motherboard 1 GB PC3200 memory M2-ATX dc power supply/shutdown sequencer 120gb 7200 rpm w/8mb Seagate 3.5" drive Qtronix mini keyboard with built in mouse Logitec Wireless Rumblepad 2 ______________________________________ Computer Software: Windows Xp SP2 Streetdeck Front End Centrafuse Front End Microsoft DirectX 9 Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 Ffdshow DivX codecs Fraunhoffer DVD codec Microsoft Speech SDK CoPilot Live Laptop 9 Alt-Tabber Girder Mame32 Arcade ______________________________________ Other parts: Power wires (Fused) Plenty of electrical Connectors (taps, butts) Extra fan over PSU Usb extension cords Powered usb hub GPS antenna BU-303 WiFi adapter ______________________________________ __________________________________________________ ______________ Status:.....Finally done! PICS ON PAGE 2 __________________________________________________ _______________
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04 IP Coupe - Custom Carputer w/DW Touchscreen, XP, GPS, Centrafuse, MameArcade..etc.-Compustar Alarm - Ground Kit- 5/16 Iso Spacer - Greddy Sp - 4080/JL Setup-& more. Carputer Thread- http://g35driver.com/forums/car-pc/45823-g35-coupe-carputer.html Carputer2: http://g35driver.com/forums/car-pc/85160-my-2nd-g35-carputer-creation-install.html Last edited by gizsf : 05-19-2007 at 01:50 AM. 
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03-09-2006, 05:10 AM
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Alright, I'm back at it again. I ran into a few design changes and some bad memory which has now been replaced. My original plan for this carputer was to do a recessed floor desing out of mirrored plexi for the box and a cnc'ed aluminum and plexi cover. It was going to cost too much and have too much down time on the G so I scraped that idea. The new plan is to do what everyone so far has said can't be done....fit a mini-itx based carputer into the upper cubby. Above, there is a tease pic of the cubby box partially converted.
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04 IP Coupe - Custom Carputer w/DW Touchscreen, XP, GPS, Centrafuse, MameArcade..etc.-Compustar Alarm - Ground Kit- 5/16 Iso Spacer - Greddy Sp - 4080/JL Setup-& more. Carputer Thread- http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45823 Carputer2: http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85160
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03-09-2006, 09:26 AM
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have you checked out the AOpen Pandora? Fits right into the upper glovebox cubby. That's what I'm doing, should have it complete by the end of the month. Using God_of_CPU's upper glove box DIN converter for a nice easy mounting solution with a aluminum faceplate cut to the size of the AOpen box.
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'04c DP/Blk Prem. 9500i. AVH-6800DVD. XM. JL500/5. DLS UP6. 4080 box w/ jl 10w3d4v2. Pentium M 2.0 ghz CarPC w/ 1GB RAM, 1.62TB hdds, DVD-RW, 7" touch lcd, streetdeck. Clifford G5 Concept 450.
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03-09-2006, 03:15 PM
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How much is this project costing you? I was interested in doing this down the road. Btw, isn't the lining of the upper cubby a felt like material? Wouldn't that be slightly dangerous with heated electric parts such as power supply and etc?
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03-09-2006, 06:46 PM
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Amthar: I looked at the aopen pandora, seems pretty sweet and I was considering that too. My only hesitations were total cost and not seeing benchmarks or reveiws yet. It is a sweet setup if it works well though.
Espresso: Yup, the inner lining is covered with a felt like material, i was a little concerned at first, but I took a lighter (open flame) to it to see if it would flare,light, smoke, melt... and to my surprise, it didn't!
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04 IP Coupe - Custom Carputer w/DW Touchscreen, XP, GPS, Centrafuse, MameArcade..etc.-Compustar Alarm - Ground Kit- 5/16 Iso Spacer - Greddy Sp - 4080/JL Setup-& more. Carputer Thread- http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45823 Carputer2: http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85160
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03-09-2006, 08:37 PM
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The a-open is definitly fast compared to anything by via once you get it up and running. The only major problem I've found with it as a carputer is its boot time. Its BIOS isn't very configuable and it forces you to wait through a network boot and a slow BIOS boot up, it also resumes from hibernate slowly. The sound card audio is also marginal. Other then that I think that its a very fast, well made, and compact machine.
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03-10-2006, 12:13 PM
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The boot times running through Windows XP are indeed very slow. To speed up the boot process you can disable networking related things, but this really is a bad idea if you plan on using wifi. I'm currently working with Linux and Windows CE/XPE engineers right now to try and develop an OS based on XP embedded that will run a front end similar to StreetDeck or CentraFuse. I also had an idea of using a quick boot system similar to the Linux's Instant-On feature on notebooks. Will update you guys when we finish with the project. Oh yeah, I'm also planning on using the Aopen Pandora on my next CarPC and mounting it in the upper glove box.
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06-12-2006, 04:50 PM
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Alright...It's been a while and alot of things have set me back from working on the carputer (moving, knee surgery, G got wrecked). I finally had some time to spare and snapped a few pics of the progress. Enjoy!
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04 IP Coupe - Custom Carputer w/DW Touchscreen, XP, GPS, Centrafuse, MameArcade..etc.-Compustar Alarm - Ground Kit- 5/16 Iso Spacer - Greddy Sp - 4080/JL Setup-& more. Carputer Thread- http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45823 Carputer2: http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85160
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06-21-2006, 03:11 AM
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Just got the car back from the bodyshop and the morons managed to somehow screw up my software on the existing CarPC.... shouldn't be much longer to get the new and improved one in now!
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04 IP Coupe - Custom Carputer w/DW Touchscreen, XP, GPS, Centrafuse, MameArcade..etc.-Compustar Alarm - Ground Kit- 5/16 Iso Spacer - Greddy Sp - 4080/JL Setup-& more. Carputer Thread- http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45823 Carputer2: http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85160
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06-24-2006, 01:07 AM
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what's the progress now? how much did all the parts cost if you don't mind me asking.
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06-26-2006, 05:04 AM
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04 IP Coupe - Custom Carputer w/DW Touchscreen, XP, GPS, Centrafuse, MameArcade..etc.-Compustar Alarm - Ground Kit- 5/16 Iso Spacer - Greddy Sp - 4080/JL Setup-& more. Carputer Thread- http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45823 Carputer2: http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85160
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06-26-2006, 05:49 PM
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which USb hub are you using? the 7 port 5v one I was using seems too weak to handle the copious amounts of shi* I'm plugging into it.
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'04c DP/Blk Prem. 9500i. AVH-6800DVD. XM. JL500/5. DLS UP6. 4080 box w/ jl 10w3d4v2. Pentium M 2.0 ghz CarPC w/ 1GB RAM, 1.62TB hdds, DVD-RW, 7" touch lcd, streetdeck. Clifford G5 Concept 450.
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