Thread: 05 Scion xA - NES PC

That nes case is just too sweet! I love it.

AAAAAAH memories

got the screen late last night and i didn't have alot of time to play with it...before i started to try and put it in my dash.

I decided I wouldn't try and do any hardcore fiberglass/bondo fab until later so i decided to take the less inhalant approach.
this was where the scree would go.



it will go where the Headunit original was. I planned on making a "mount" out of a sheet of metal (Aluminum 6X18 .025 gauge) and the stock mount connectors from the radio....after a bleeding hand and alot of inevitable failure, I found my error in measurements and salvaged what I could. I ended up making a mount and just tossing the sock connectors I had. See below.



As you can see I am using the "sticky tape" wall mount stand straight up pasted to the metal (the image is small...sorry). but hey it works



I dunno for not using bondo/fiberglass I think it turned out well and I didnt have to do a button relocation or anything
now if my power supply would just show up I can finish the thing..(stupid mail service)
and thanks everyone who checks out my worklog. (viva la NES)

Alright so the carputer is in, and it’s fully functional. It took me a little longer than I though because my original wiring was wrong. (not catastrophically just not correct). But it was easily fixed. I chose to put the NES under the driver’s seat because I didn’t want my passengers fiddling with it while I was driving.



It fits fantastically.

I found I needed to use 12 AWG all around. Except for the ignition wire I still used 18. One mistake, not too bad.

I chose to piggy back the fuses instead of a direct wire. Less Hassle
I put all of the wires under the floor of the door sill piece



I made sure that the PC powered up. Then continued.

I pulled up my center console and ran the VGA and the audio cable under the carpet and up through the center dash (and also managed to mangle my hands in the process ouch! That plastic is sharp) because I really couldn’t justify running it all the way around to where the other wires were.




I plugged everything in and…success! Victory is mine! Everything works and I couldn’t be happier


Post that BIOS

My Frontend main page

Music

Movies

Eventually I’m going to mold the Lilli into the dash. But for now, what I have will do. I don’t feel like tackling fiberglass or bondo just yet.

What OS is that thing using? Thanks.

-emg

WinXP that I chopped down with nLite. Its 500mb or so after install.

great install, cool project (NES case)

Molded in the screen here are some of the pics. Only the 2nd time I've worked with bondo....I thought it turned out well.

Nice work, the NES case is awesome!