05 Str8 Black XB

**vairu** · 11-22-2005, 05:03 PM

another reason to get em tinted ^_^

**blackedoutxb** · 11-22-2005, 09:27 PM

ok so i buffed my dash piece today but i now have to wetsand again and this time i wont rush it. I missed some key spots when i was wetsanding and they stood out after i waxed the piece so i have to redo the piece. So it will take me a little longer to get the pics up. Anyways my screen is messed up. I think one of the ribbons is bad so i ordered a new one and if thats not the problem then im screwed.

**vairu** · 11-23-2005, 01:14 AM

Good luck man m(__)m

**blackedoutxb** · 11-30-2005, 09:39 PM

ok so today i hooked up my new mouse and keyboard and my external soundcard. I have one problem. I hear a lot of fuzziness coming out of my speakers when i have the soundcard connected. COuld this be because of the power inverter?and if it is is there any way it can be fixed?

Oh yeah i also have to repaint my dash so the pics of the dash will come much later than i thought. It kinda sucks becuse after about 7 months of working on this i am almost done and i cant finish it because the dash piece is messed up. Oh well.

**vairu** · 11-30-2005, 11:42 PM

I would say it probably is because the inverter ... my guess is that the addition of a soundcard will obviously use more power so the inverter is putting out more which i think would cause more "noise"? I think "sine" inverter's are supposed to REDUCE noise but there's no real way to get completely rid of it with an inverter, at least that's what i've heard.

I ditched my inverter for my OPUS simply because with an inverter i had that + a PSU and it made more sense just to get one unit, especially for space wise and the adition of a startup/shut down controller is nice too. I haven't noticed ANY noise like my inverter cause with the opus i have now i'm liking it

... if only i could buy a mini-itx board and mobile amd chip ^_^

**blackedoutxb** · 12-01-2005, 12:53 PM

im just wondering if an opus would power my computer. ill look into that.

**vairu** · 12-01-2005, 02:22 PM

i was surprised, the OPUS powers all my stuff:

Shuttle AN35N mobo - Full ATX
AMD Atholon 2500+ Barton
Geil 512mb 3200
ATi Radeon 9600XT 8x AGP 128mb
PCI D-Link 802.11b wireless card
120gb Samsung 7200rpm
8x DvD+/-RW

runs like a damn soldier too ^_^

**blackedoutxb** · 12-01-2005, 03:05 PM

damn that does power a lot. Yeah ima look into that for sure because that fuzziness is drivin me crazy. Do you think it would power my monitor to?

I have:
Atx mobo(no clue what brand, pretty old though)
Intel p3
256 mb ram
Geforce videocard(dont know the specs, i think its a 128mb)
PCI belkin 802.11b wireless card
160gb wd hd 7200 rpm
aopen dvd burner/cd burner

**vairu** · 12-01-2005, 05:52 PM

I'd say it should being that it powers my sheit. I don't have it powering my monitor 'yet' but i'm going to try soon. If anything you could swap out the dvd/cd burner for a slim drive (i'm planning on doing it too cause i know the dvd burner uses a lot of juice when running).

Anyhow, i think my parts would use more power than what you listed so you should be good with the OPUS 150, it's worth it man trust me

**blackedoutxb** · 12-01-2005, 09:31 PM

aight thanks for the info. Where are you putting your cd rom? Im just gonna put mine in the glovebox i think. Im not sure yet.

oh yeah i forgot to say that i am also running a usb hub and an external soundcard, wireless mouse and keyboard, and 4 fans.