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07-21-2005, 03:01 AM
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MySQL Error
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Bristol
Vehicle: Pug 306 & BMW 325i
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Quote: Originally Posted by SPUNOUTKID
Help me please!!! LOL i finally got my whole system fixed up (year in the making) booted it all and was driving. everything was fine when smoke started rollin out my dash. the power wire to my lilliput touchscreen - the shield was just melting off of it. I am a newb to this type issue - how can i fix this ?? do i need a dedicated circuit from car battery or make a new type of power cable for it or what??? thanx all
Spunoutkid, with all due respect....CAN YOU NOT READ?
This is not a question asking thread. Please remove your post make a new thread asking your question in the LCD section. To answer your question briefly you have a short somewhere...we need more details and possibly pics so please do as I ask above and make a new thread about it. Fell free to pm me with a link to it when you have made it and i will try to help.
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07-21-2005, 11:06 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: beckley west virginia
Vehicle: 1995 jeep cherokee
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sorry.
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07-21-2005, 12:09 PM
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MySQL Error
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Bristol
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Quote: Originally Posted by SPUNOUTKID
sorry.
WTF? DELETE YOUR POST! FOR CHRIST SAKE!
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11-15-2005, 11:06 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Canada
Vehicle: Where To Start?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Scouse Monkey
WTF? DELETE YOUR POST! FOR CHRIST SAKE!
hehe ... anyway
before jumping at it and hooking your lcd upto the opus or whatever power supply you are using make sure you use an ammeter to check how much power is being drawn from the psu to the computer, then adding on the MAX DRAW (listed on the monitor specs) of the lcd to determine if the psu can handle the extra current. (remmber total power = W = Amps x Volts) |
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11-24-2005, 05:08 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SOCAL
Vehicle: 2005 Ford Mustang GT
Posts: 1,137
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I decided to be cheap on the wire for my Xenarc. Instead of buying a new cable I just cut the cig adapater one. If I need the adapter again which I won't I will resplice it back together. Anyway
Ground on the wire is the outer strand and the positive is the white wire.
I have this hooked up to a OPUS POL
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04-16-2006, 01:54 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: SoCal
Vehicle: 2003 Honda Civic
Posts: 308
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The M1-ATX 90W power supply works great with the Xenarc 700TSV. I have my Xenarc running directly off the 12V line from the PSU with no problems. There is no flickering and the picture is clean and stable.
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06-14-2006, 07:24 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Mount Kisco, New York
Vehicle: 2005 Honda Civic
Posts: 858
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Quote: Originally Posted by mbkowns
I decided to be cheap on the wire for my Xenarc. Instead of buying a new cable I just cut the cig adapater one. If I need the adapter again which I won't I will resplice it back together. Anyway
Ground on the wire is the outer strand and the positive is the white wire.
I have this hooked up to a OPUS POL
Which wires do they go to on the molex? I got a red, 2 blacks and a yellow. I don't have a voltmeter.
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2.5" Hard Drive 80GB Toshiba 5400rpm
Kingston 512 MB DDR RAM PC3200
Xenarc 700TSV - VGA Monitor
VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX Mainboard
M1-ATX 90 Watt - Smart Power Supply
2005 Honda Civic
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06-14-2006, 07:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Quote: Originally Posted by Maheriano
Which wires do they go to on the molex? I got a red, 2 blacks and a yellow. I don't have a voltmeter.
Red = +5v
Black = Ground
Yellow = +12v
You don't need a voltmeter to determine that, just a simple trip to the search tool or Google.
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06-14-2006, 11:37 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Mount Kisco, New York
Vehicle: 2005 Honda Civic
Posts: 858
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Rodger.
Yellow and black. Now I just have to put a 6 foot piece of wire between them.
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Ampie Case
2.5" Hard Drive 80GB Toshiba 5400rpm
Kingston 512 MB DDR RAM PC3200
Xenarc 700TSV - VGA Monitor
VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX Mainboard
M1-ATX 90 Watt - Smart Power Supply
2005 Honda Civic
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07-06-2006, 01:16 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Rochester, NY
Vehicle: 1992 Nissan NX1600
Posts: 20
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Nothing new here, just saying that powering the screen off a Molex or such is pretty sweet. I've got a p4 ready psu running a duron processor so I tapped into the 4wire p4 connector, now I've got auto on/off for the screen.
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07-16-2006, 05:04 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Blaenavon
Vehicle: Pug 306, 1996
Posts: 41
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hi... im going to be installing a car-pc.. and a touchscreen liliput monitor...
(wen i get the cash lol)
say i wanted to run the screen of the power supply... but wanted to use the screen for xbox.. ps2 dvd player ect.. ect... i would have to leave pc on.. ??? or would the powersupply still pump out 12v wen pc is off??
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07-16-2006, 03:27 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Diego, CA
Vehicle: 2002 Chevrolet Camaro SS
Posts: 92
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Quote: Originally Posted by 306
hi... im going to be installing a car-pc.. and a touchscreen liliput monitor...
(wen i get the cash lol)
say i wanted to run the screen of the power supply... but wanted to use the screen for xbox.. ps2 dvd player ect.. ect... i would have to leave pc on.. ??? or would the powersupply still pump out 12v wen pc is off??
The pc would have to be on. You could just switch to the cigarette lighter power adaptor when needed. If the power plug on your lilli wont be accessible you could maybe wire a switch so you could alternate between the two - pc power or power from cigarette lighter.
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07-16-2006, 03:45 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Blaenavon
Vehicle: Pug 306, 1996
Posts: 41
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Yea i know that ... but doesnt that defete the object of havin it on the pc power suply.. becoz of voltage drops.. wen cranking
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07-16-2006, 04:00 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Diego, CA
Vehicle: 2002 Chevrolet Camaro SS
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I have mine on my pc power mostly so it turns on automatically when the pc boots. Its also a good steady current but you can run your screen off of the cig lighter just fine even during crank AFAIK. Surviving crank is a pc issue not a screen issue.
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Windows XP is ****!!!
AMD Sempron 3000+, ASRockVM800, 256MB, 250GB 3.5", DVDRW+, WIFIg, m2-atx, Lilliput 8", RR, GoogleEarth
Need: daylight viewable screen!
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09-01-2006, 09:09 AM
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MySQL Error
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Bristol
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Another suggestion when powering your screen off the PC PSU like this is to use a relay to switch the power and use the ign/acc on the dash to activate the relay. Then your screen will be off as soon as you get out of the car and not stay on while the PC is shutting down and obviously attracting attention.
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