Hey guys!
New to the whole carPC thing, but have been lurking on and off for a year or so. Finally made the plunge and bought a 7" touch screen off of another forum. Not here yet, but the power supply issue has been bothering me!
Basically, what I want to do, is have the power supply (either inverter, or DSATX)turn on and turn on the computer whenever I have the key in the ON position (meaning no acc such as a/c and.or radiator fan). I want this because I go to the drive-in everynow and then, and don't want to bring a portable boom-box for the audio.
I am in a toss up of what powersupply to use. I am either between an inverter and a DSATX 220w.
System as follows:
Celeron 2.4
1gb ram
40gb HDD
ASRock atx mobo
slot load dvd.
I have found this diagram which uses an inverter:
courtesy of:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/383433-post21.html
That is what I would like to do. With the DSATX, is that one of the selectable SDC modes? Obviously the key will be in the ON as opposed to just in the keyslot.
**Also, will be running 2 amps (fronts&subs)
I am totally confused, I have read and read and read, but nothing has really confirmed anything for me. Inverter, or DSATX?