yea, i bought the visor type, but china brand ler, no brothers one.....

you reply to your topics fast, you stare at IE and just keep refreshing the pages lol?

Respect! What a good inspiration!

have u try booting ur pc after parking in the sun in the afternoon?...can overheat a?

I've been measuring power consumption of a number of PCs lately, I'll share it in another thread soon about how much power does a PC need. Learnt a lot from my experiences with PSUs blowing out.
You guys are right about that, but actually I mean use the PSU to regulate the car's suppy. It DOES fluctuate like crazy-not that I've measred, but with all the stuff that draws from it I'm sure its not pretty. PSUs actually produce all the seperate voltages/rails from a single rectified (but poorly regulated) DC source, so I was hoping can adapt the circuit to accept the car ~12v as the DC source. To compensate for severe voltage drops I could even include a sealed lead-acid as a form of UPS (the grey ones you can find in electrical hardware shops). The problem is adapting the circuit in a PSU. I've been working on it for a while now but its giving me a headache. Should be able to get it eventually. Planning on a fully portable desktop with battery(meaning not too heavy to carry).

Btw allngap, if I use the method I think you're suggesting I doubt it can supply anywhere near the required current for a PC. Easy to find electronics that can handle <1.5A (enough for any fan available) but with PCs we're talking 10A++ even on a ultra low power consuming PC; parts that can handle that much are ridiculously hard to get and expensive.

unrelated: Btw, did you know ppl used to 'overclock' hard drives by increasing the motor voltage to make it spin and hence read faster? 

walao geng, u pro la... super wiring there. ya install GPS system then more geng

Guys really salute with ur work. Can give a guide how to make it.

Guys really salute with ur work. Can give a guide how to make it.

How bout wireless? also can detect rite?
btw, great work there bro zyntherius...!!!

did u experience any problems when u drive the car on a rough road such as the rural road or bump onto a hole on the road?huhu...coz PC parts is damn sensitive...

pc in a car? is it practical as there are too many sensitive hardware that will spoil anytime due to road friction? i cant imagine hdd working under a driving condition or hot weather.

have ts encounter any problem with the setup so far?

nice mood..... so creative

hi bro zyntherius.. nice n thumb up what u mod ur pc in ur car.. rite now i hv i pc i juz mod to pun into my car too..can u gv suggestion to me 4 better n nice look.. in my car.. 1st one.. i'm driving wira gsr, if i wanna put the mobo at the back like ur picture, is nicely place.. my problem is i want to use dvd rom pc to put at the dashboard combine with the motorize monitor at the passenger beside driver, u know wira model 2001 n laterst hv place there.. my dvd rom is use ide cable so ide cable not long enough to pull from the bonnet to the dashboard, 2nd is i use plug in sound card at pci slot bcoz builtin sound not function already, so from the jack port at the sound card the cable must go to power amp o where. i confiuse at that thing. can u advise and if u hv any best suggestion bro share with me. if u not mind can u gv ur hp number to me do contact u. can meet at 1 cool place o teh tarik stall to see ur pc mod... my number is 013-6665696 zaly.. tq.. b4 that my place is Shah alam area but i can go to puchong area ...

I think for audio cables if you get some good ones to connect from the sound card to the car's audio system it should be ok, Zyntherius should be quite experienced in this by now. However for IDE cables you can't use cables longer than 1m, in fact at that length you may have data transfer issues already. Check the ATA specification for details-google for it.

Ah but that is good news for b@i because power cables can be pretty long as long as the connections are sound and the cable resistance is low enough. Even cables similar to our 240V electrical wires would suffice.

Btw, USB regulation is 5m (includes length of electrical traces on circuit boards). Should not be a problem unless you own a bus and have the PC on the opposite end form the audio system 

Do a lot of reading on the subject for interest; electonics & PC are kinda like hobbies for me. Currently studying applied physics in USM, so have a bit of underlying knowledge to fill in gaps (mostly in electronics-my course has heavy emphasis in the physics of semiconductors & electronics).

Well, my course doesn't focus on actual electronic device application, but sure, I'll try my best to help you with what I know. I'll say my knowledge in electronics is around the level of a amateur electronics hobbyist. Best people to ask would be those studying computer hardware or electronics engineering.

tq all the power minded..bro... especially to zyntherius.. so when can we meet around shah alam area to see what U done it man.. n also i wanna asking to many question about da project.. tq..

nice ideas...... 

how u put the usb port into console box? 

quite worry for yr hdd. 

Besides, I bet the only things you store in there you can afford to lose/have other copies..HDD can replace but data no backup means bye bye.

great mod have always wanted to have one in my car but too lazy to do so and mp3 players are abundance nowdays but i'm still toying with the idea so I can have video in the car. How big is the screen you are using and what is the resolution set on the pc ?

Kudos for a job well done

omG... everything nicely done.. superb!
if i were to DIY stuffs like what u did...
my car sure go KABOOM... lol

cool,but how do u maintain the temp of ur com?because in malaysia the weather is damm hot,the temperature may cause damage to the motherboard.
anyway nice diy i love it.

PCs when off actually can survive temperatures a human can't. Most fragile also is HDD, but come on, you're not going to use some damn expensive one and/or keep important stuff on it are you?

yoo bro nice mod you got there  .. haven't reply me from the previous post ler ~ nvm hope you reply on this
been thinking of doing this quit some time ago
got some question here. How do you lock your modo power supply on ? is it on the acrylic board ? mind to show the picture or any diagram . cause you need to ground the modo right ? "acrylic is plastic. please advice

and secondly  you connect  the Power Supply to the Inverter then to car batt right ?

Power Supply > Inverter > Batt    but i can't see the normal black think wire cable that connects to normal power source .. care to explain how to convert the power supply till so need 

thanks bro