SRCSTC's New Carputer Worklog - 00 BMW E46 323Ci

**srcstc** · 03-25-2006, 12:15 PM

Current List of Parts:

Xenarc 700TSV 7’’ TFT LCD Monitor w/ VGA & Touch Screen
Opus Mini w/ built in OPUS DCX3.120P 120W DC-DC power supply
iBase MB896 Pentium M Mini-ITX Motherboard with Intel® 915GM Chipset
Intel Pentium M 740 1.73GHz w/Cooler Master EEB-N41SS-01 Heatsink+Fan
Kingston HyperX KHX4300D2/512 512MB DDR2-533 PC2-4300
Seagate Momentus 5400.2 ST96812A 60GB Ultra ATA/100 5400RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer
Atheros AR5006XS Mini-PCI Network Adapter
Mini-PCI 12"U.FL Mini-PCI to RP-SMA Pigtail Antenna Pigtail
iGuidance 2.1.3 GPS Navigation Software
GlobalSat BR-355 Water-Proof Serial GPS Receiver - SiRF Star III
Panasonic CW-8124-B Slim DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive - Slot Load
USB 2.0 External Caddy Enclosure for Slim DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive
Terk XMD1000 XM Direct Universal Tuner Box
OPUS 15W DC-DC Point Of Load
PhidgetEncoder Rotary Volume Knob
Slim Mini Multimedia Keyboard
HELIX HXA-500Q MK2 5 Channel Car Amplifier (4 X 60W @ 4 OHM + 1 X 150W @ 4OHM)

**CJ8501** · 03-25-2006, 03:16 PM

some nice stuff your using there. How much is everything costing you?

**RedGTiVR6** · 03-30-2006, 12:53 PM

@ cj8501: couldn't you just go in and add it all up yourself?

@ srcstc: what are your plans for all of this equipment? I see you're selling some other equipment? from an old install? change of plans?

**srcstc** · 03-30-2006, 06:36 PM

**DaveB** · 03-30-2006, 06:41 PM

SRCSTC,

From your choice of hardware its obvious that you know what you're doing. You made excellent selections. I do wonder why you chose such a small and slow hardrive? Have you considered getting a larger capacity, higher spindle speed, SATA hardrive? With disk being so cheap these days you may as well get a drive with at least 200 GIG.

**srcstc** · 03-30-2006, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by DaveB

SRCSTC,

From your choice of hardware its obvious that you know what you're doing. You made excellent selections. I do wonder why you chose such a small and slow hardrive? Have you considered getting a larger capacity, higher spindle speed, SATA hardrive? With disk being so cheap these days you may as well get a drive with at least 200 GIG.

I chose it for it's size. I wanted a low-power notebook drive. It does have an 8Mb buffer.

**DaveB** · 03-30-2006, 07:02 PM

Ah...okay, I see you're using the 120 watt Opus. I'm using the 160 watt M2-ATX. Power wasn't so much of a concern for me with that PSU. I opted to go with a 300 GIG SATA drive.

Just in case you haven't put your PC together yet, I can let you know that Intel has a more current driver available for the 915GM chipset which gives a lot better resolution options than the driver that ships with the CD that comes with the motherboard. The Lilli TS driver needed to be updated, too.

I have most of the drivers needed to get everything working correctly. If you're still in the process of building the PC and are interested in the drivers let me know and I'll post them for you.

**Cris** · 03-30-2006, 07:04 PM

When will it be ready?

**srcstc** · 03-30-2006, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by DaveB

Ah...okay, I see you're using the 120 watt Opus. I'm using the 160 watt M2-ATX. Power wasn't so much of a concern for me with that PSU. I opted to go with a 300 GIG SATA drive.

Just in case you haven't put your PC together yet, I can let you know that Intel has a more current driver available for the 915GM chipset which gives a lot better resolution options than the driver that ships with the CD that comes with the motherboard. The Lilli TS driver needed to be updated, too.

I have most of the drivers needed to get everything working correctly. If you're still in the process of building the PC and are interested in the drivers let me know and I'll post them for you.

Thanks for the tip! This it?
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ional&lang=eng