2006 civic Si Goin' big, 10.2"lcd/300GB hdd/1Gb ram... - Page 5

portabuddy · 06-11-2008, 10:52 PM

yea with my screen setup and thats deep not wide... its only about 5 wide...

Bxsteez · 06-11-2008, 11:13 PM

hmmm that blows lol... i'd have to make an extension for them molex connector and then i'm back to having to buying a case. Ahhh budget down the toilet again lol Maybe cutting isn't too bad. Do you have any pics of what you ended up having to cut? I only really need to make 2 inchs so it can't be too bad right?

ibfragalot · 06-12-2008, 08:35 AM

i'm impressed and inspired by your work. all i can say is great job. I have most of my bits and am ready to install this weekend (mx5 - i can think of ZERO carpcs in mx5s :/) and I hope its as successful as your civic install.

did you find your LCD gets very hot at the back? I just took the case off my 7" lilliput last night, and one of the chips was freakin boiling, burnt me, thinking of putting a fan behind that sucker..

2k1Toaster · 06-12-2008, 08:39 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ibfragalot

i'm impressed and inspired by your work. all i can say is great job. I have most of my bits and am ready to install this weekend (mx5 - i can think of ZERO carpcs in mx5s :/) and I hope its as successful as your civic install.

did you find your LCD gets very hot at the back? I just took the case off my 7" lilliput last night, and one of the chips was freakin boiling, burnt me, thinking of putting a fan behind that sucker..

humans have a rather low opinion of hot in the electronics world. It will be fine fanless. 60C is still ok for a chip. (~150F)

incudie · 07-14-2008, 02:34 PM

Wow! Portabuddy,

That looks freakin awesome!

I haven't checked your thread for a while and thought I'd take a peek at your progress (Workring on my own 8th gen atm).

Next time around I'll definitely go for the bigger screen...

Bxsteez · 09-16-2008, 11:08 PM

Hey portabuddy,

I have another clearance question for you

Do you think these dimensions will fit in the radio compartment.

Width: 180mm(7.08")
Height: 104mm(4.09")
Depth: 167mm(6.57")

better yet these dimensions

Width: 178mm(7")
Height: 100mm(4")
Depth: 182mm(7.16")

What do you think? I found some double din cases that might fit my system with a little tweaking but these are the dimensions i have to work with. Its either this or complete case fabricate

portabuddy · 09-17-2008, 05:59 PM

there is a cross brace that needs to be cut out, also you will need to unclip and fung-shwee the harnesses a bit.

Bxsteez · 09-17-2008, 06:01 PM

So you think both of those would fit? And i assume this brace is metal right?

portabuddy · 09-17-2008, 10:11 PM

well yea... tin snips took care of it..., its what holds the stock radio in place... USELESS, and then there is a plastic one beneath it... that has to go too... but im thinking that for me its a bit tight so im moving the unit to the trunk...

Bxsteez · 09-17-2008, 10:27 PM

Yea i'm thinking that too. I don't see any benefit to trying to put it in the dash. Is there something i'm missing? I guess if u wanna move it from car to car it would be a tad easier.

portabuddy · 09-18-2008, 08:36 PM

well i wanted the hdd as far away from my 2500watt bub as posable...

Bxsteez · 10-14-2008, 12:12 AM

Hey how did u get ur eject button to work? Do you have any pics of that?

portabuddy · 10-18-2008, 01:59 AM

lol... kinda... i took it apart, and soldered two wires to the points that make up the button. then i moved the connection to a micro switch.

well to do that i needed to made a solding gun with a tip thats smaller then 2thou or .5mm...

to do that i wrapped mig welding cable around my solding iron and sanded the pont of the cable to well a point... then used this as a solding gun... but the conection broke so i converted it back, i just use the software eject now...

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