my carpc project

**diggla** · 09-02-2008, 12:17 PM

ordered some more parts 80% there

Jetway VIA C7 1.5G Mini-ITX Motherboard - J7F2WE1G5D 170.00
1GB 240pin DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHZ
Backup camera 39.98
WD 250gb WD2500AAKS SATA300 16mb 7200rpm (bare drive) 60.80

M2 - ATX CARPUTER CAR PC 160W DC to DC PSU 81.50

7" touchscreen 180.00
GPS receiver 39.00
so far total spent is 571.48 shipped to my door.

Items needed
DVD drive and center console.

**Tidder** · 09-02-2008, 01:30 PM

Just a heads up, I've had a lot of trouble with that board and PSU combo. Something about the timing... I'm not sure. The problem was it would not POST until the reset button was pushed. At first I thought I just had a dead board, cause the fans would spin, but nothing would happen. For some reason in my troubleshooting steps, the reset was pushed. It came alive. Very strange things. I got ahold of the makers of the M2, they sent me a replacement PSU that was supposed to fix the problem, but it did not. What's weird is both of my M2's work fine with other boards. And the jetway board works fine with other PSUs. Just an incompatibility between those 2 I guess.

**diggla** · 09-02-2008, 07:08 PM

hmmm, is it all of the psu lines. maybe need to go with a opus one?

**Tidder** · 09-03-2008, 11:31 AM

I'm really not sure, I didn't ever finish fixing mine. I ended up using a different motherboard. I don't know if a different PSU would help, though I would think it would. But I'm just not 100%.