Hmmmm, perhaps I should restate...
if somone would like to beat the prices I would pay for the stuff new, I would like to buy it from them. Perhaps some situation where someone wants to upgrade, and get fair market value for their old stuff. I could also trade you my vga 10.4" datalux LCD (LMVR) its too big for my console area.
Frys isnt bad at all, but
www.pricewatch.com is usually a better bet.
Or from this forum:
http://servercase.com/cgi-bin/miva.c...e=Motherboards
C3 $105
http://www.dc2dc.com/store/store.html
60w-dc $35
I mean, when I think about it, what am I thinking, I should just buy new
Nowww, how to power your car computer... on the car end Im a newbie, but I been a geek for a while, so just let me think "out loud" on this one,
Given current from the car battery = 12 volts
You have 2 optiions
1) Get a converter that converts the 12 volts from the car, into all the voltages you need for the comptuter, a DC power supply unit: psu. (the $35 link I posted)
2) Get a DC to AC Inverter, which you hook up to your battery, and then you have a standard wall socket plug, into which you plug a regular computer power supply
Why to go with option 1, a computer power supply that goes directly off the current from you car battery:
1) Inverters make noise
2) Inverters do not often provide "clean power" (basically, the power flows a certian way, in a sine wave from the wall socket, and the inverter often does a half *** job of approximating it.), this may cause your computer to be buggy.
3) Inverters waste power.. not like this is an issue unless you have a major sound system or neon lights... but why make your system less stable when you dont have to.
4) DC-DC power supplys are very small, Im going to mount my entire car computer ITX case power supply, hard drive and all in an old computer radio case.
Why to go with option 2 and get an dc-ac inverter
- if your lcd runs off wall socket power, you will need this anyway.
- unless you have a super low power computer (epia) you will be hard pressed to find a dc-dc power supply that provides enough power. 60w will cut it for your epia... not for your p4.
Upshot:
EPIA 800
60w dc-dc power supply
laptop hard drive (shock resistant)
Linear Mode
