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Would this motherboard make a good Car PC?
THis seems like a pretty small motherbaord but it does have 4 PCI slots.
Is this a fairly good deal?
My thoughts were the video would be good enough for a small LCD (With VGA to LCD converter of course) but you could use a sound card to improve the sound quality.
What do you guys think?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1307618447
Thanks
Pigseye
anyone?
Pigseye: If you noticed, the auction ended about 8 hours after your first post. Therefore the picture and specs were gone. There is no need to post "anyone?" because the item was already sold. If you give this group at mp3car.com some more time to look at it I'm sure that you would have gotten a response.
Caliboy,
Actually the auction is over but the pictures and descriptions are still there.
Why do you say they are gone?
If you scroll down to the description you can read about the features the motherboard has and see what it looks like.
Finally, although the auction is over does not mean this company won't have another auction later so I just want to know what people think of the size and features of this motherboard and if it's worth $29 plus shipping.
Take a look again and let me know what you think of this board.
if the link doesn't work please let me know. It seems to be working fine for me even after several refreshes and on different PCs.
Thanks,
Pigseye
Don't see the point in getting a mobo without built-in tvout, unless you actually already have a VGA TFT.
Player: Celeron II 633MHz, 256MB RAM, 20GB IBM 9mm 2.5" Laptop HD (180G/2ms), onboard ethernet/sound/video/tvout, 10"11"x3" case, MPBS1 70W DC-DC PS w/auto-shutdown controller, in-dash lighted switches, 7" NTSC TFT widescreen in-dash LCD, touchscreen, rear-window brake light installed Garmin GPS35 GPS, credit card sized IR remote w/IRMan, mini-wireless keyboard/mouse (sits under seat), PowerMate black knob, MP3s and GPS Navigation (Winamp, CoPilot, SA8.0).
Car: 1993 Nissan Maxima, Black Emerald
hmmm, Now that's a good point Jshrieve.
Any recommendations on a tv-out MB?
thanks,
Pigseye
Caliboy looks like jacka$$! Sorry Pigseye you are correct. The scroll down didn't work until I got home and looked at it. For a good tvout motherboard the shuttle sv-24 is real nice. That's what I'm thinking of getting, but it's $120.
Once again, sorry!
Caliboy,
Hey man, no problem. You have a good reputation and are generally very helpful. I figured you were having a bad day or had some kind of internet connection problem.
Thanks for the recommendation on the motherboard, but you're right, kind of steep at $120.
Hope you have a great holiday.
Pigseye
p.s. You are not a jacka$$.
This is the motherboard I am using and am very pleased with...
supermicro 370 SED
As it has onboard sound and TV-out I don't have to use any additional cards which saves space. More info on my site.. Wired Ride
Honda CRX. Custom enclosure.
Supermicro SED MB (Onboard sound and TV-out). Celeron 700. 64mb ram.
40 GB Seagate HDD on vented foam mount.
Keypower DC-DC KP-DX 250H ATX 250W.
Delvcam 5.6" TFT LCD Monitor.
Old headunit (ripped out tape mechanism added audio inputs on back).
X10 RF mouseremote.
"Wired Ride" web site
The Australia/New Zealand mp3car Portal. Join now!
AndyM,
All I can say is Wow! Beautiful installation and very very cool. Nice job.
Your site is neat to. You've laid it out very well and included appropriate text and pics. I do wish you had some pics on how you modified your head unit. That was a great idea.
I also like the STR you set up. Unfortunately I'm probably going to use an inverter for my first car PC so that's probably not an option for me. How much was the Keypower dc/dc power supply??
Again, great job and thanks for the insight on the motherboard. Very cool.
Pigseye
[ 12-24-2001: Message edited by: pigseye ]
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