Thread: Computer on Back of a Sub enclosure?

i would definitely say that's a horrible location for a carPC. too much vibration kills computers. Although bumps and whatnot from the road doesn't do much harm, having a subwoofer constantly applying pressure/vibration onto the PC isn't too healthy.

I would be more worried about vibration off the sub than the magnetism myself.

Definitely a bad idea, but what you could do, is mount a piece of MDF in the *same* spot as the sub, but not attached to the sub. So say the box is in your trunk, you put the piece of MDF behind the box, so that is parallel to the surface you want to mount the carPC on, but has some separation from the box, and they're not connected. Then you would be able to mount the PC to that piece of MDF, and it would be the same dimensions as the side of the box your trying to mount it to.

Hard to tell without and pics whether this would work or not, but it's an idea.

i would still say that's a bad idea, i would personally try to isolate the PC from coming into any contact with the sub in any way... make a case to fit under your passenger side seat or glovebox, or just hide it behind the dash...

If you know the frequency response of your sub, you can go buy some "Industrial" material to filter those low frequency harmonics. It is like a black mat you mount between your pc and the source of vibration, we use it in Pulp and Paper Mills to prevent damage due to these harmonics.

You can buy them in certain freq ranges, where they do a very good job of damping harmonics in those ranges.

Be prepared to spend some money though, as these mats are expensive.