Thread: StevieG's Ford Focus Car PC

Originally Posted by UK_MP3Car

Any chance of it fitting behind the Dash?? I'm putting my mini-itx board behind the screen in the dash of the Pug, would have thought there is similar space behind yours in the Focus as its similar to the Puma.

Yeah, I've been thinking about that. I've just got the MII 1200 board so I've got a bit more space (wow that board is sooooooo much quick) though as you might expect I've been worried about heat issues if I fit it there.

Would be nice though!

My serious considerations at the moment are to go beneath the rear side windows behind the panels. Much less finishing to do looks neater... And then I might go back to Chris @ Car-Tech and see if he can make some neat windows though the panels.

Originally Posted by ElKeeed

Yeah it should fit behind the screen although it certainly is a tight squeeze. I am fitting mine into a deeper version of the stock ford cd radio. There is also quite a lot of room in there to tuck things around the sides as well if needs be.

I bought the amp for £60 although I think they sell for about £120 new.

Got my amp £50 new in sale at www.bass-junkies.co.uk

If anyone's after any more...

http://www.bassjunkies.com/index.php...70fc20da7cfd15

I picked mine up in their birmingham store.

Originally Posted by stevieg

Yeah, I've been thinking about that. I've just got the MII 1200 board so I've got a bit more space (wow that board is sooooooo much quick)

Steve

I read that you've moved from the VIA EPIA 800 to the 1200 - can you think of any metrics to compare the speed between the two? I have the 800, and it's starting to bother me - slow boot times, can't run Centrafuse. I'm interested in your real life observations.

Great website as well - makes mine look a little poor and simple!

C!

Originally Posted by C4M

Steve

I read that you've moved from the VIA EPIA 800 to the 1200 - can you think of any metrics to compare the speed between the two? I have the 800, and it's starting to bother me - slow boot times, can't run Centrafuse. I'm interested in your real life observations.

Great website as well - makes mine look a little poor and simple!

C!

OK, my XP install took 12 seconds to boot to working desktop (minlogon) on the 800 board, on the 1200, 9 seconds (bootvis)

Centrafuse took about 10 seconds to switch between functions (i.e. between GPS and music library) on the old board, this is now round about 1-2 seconds. It definately feels faster.

I've got a 120GB HDD I was using in one of my home servers... I'm thinking of putting that into the car pc instead as it's a lot faster than the old drive! I think those two combined should make the most difference.

the screen looks nuts, the amp not so much tho

Originally Posted by Nic

the screen looks nuts, the amp not so much tho

Hey so long as it does the job, driving the factory speakers!