Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Joe you put a cheap card reader in it and use a micro sd card. FTW

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Never used one, does it recognize under most modern BIOS as a boot device?

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Yes, I have a boot record on the card. Mine says 'Removable Disk (F:)'. You can use multiple flash cards, using all diffrent style cards via card reader and/or all open USB ports. Heres a list of things to do it for fairly cheep. It will work great music. I have 925 songs on a 4gb card. 1850 songs with two 4 gb cards.

4 Gb (CF) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820160137
Reader http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820163406
USB Reader http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820132015

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Other options, affordable and very cool:

http://www.transcendusa.com/Products...No=27&LangNo=0

I dunno if I have the 1.1-1.3" height available. I probably do if I cut the metal enclosure in that area, which I'd be willing to do if the plastic facia that goes over the metal clears. Male to female 44p IDE cable would do the trick, mount it wherever. 1 gig 44 pin IDE solution for $47 plus shipping. Whopping 5.4MB/s actual read rate sucks for anything other than a low load media front end, ATA-100 averages ten times that.


I also like:

http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/p...delid=ZSTD0198

11MB/s transfer is decent, prices great. Needs IDE adapter, no problemo.

http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/p...delid=ZSTD0230

20MB/s transfer is approaching that of some older laptop HDDs, prices good. IDE adapter needed also.

Both of the above say " DMA MODE: "Removable Mode for CF and "Fixed Disk Mode for IDE" (by default)." Which is sweet; DMA will keep the processor from getting loaded down. I think a small yet larger than what I currently have flash solution is a good idea. I really just need to hold an OS, and can use USB drives or Firelite units to hold media. I have a dozen thumb drives, 256MB-4GB, so it makes sense.

I really need to read up on the chipset, and boot it into BIOS for a look see, before I buy anything.

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Then use a 2.5" or 3.5" HDD, you don't need a high read or write rate. I got away with this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144092 just for media and it works perfect but its only a 40gb drive.

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

My problem with that is first and foremost powering it off of an embedded system designed to consume 12V@3.0A for a sum total of 36 watts... not that it couldn't run a conventional HD, but it has no power connections to plug and play. IIRC, I may be wrong, there is +5 and +3.3 in a 44 pin IDE cable which works great for the IDE Flash setups, but a 3.5" needs +12 and possibly more power than I'd care to draw across that bus. My second problem is I might be able to slip a 2.5" drive in there, but the 3.5" will require hacking the case up. I'd rather Velcro a Firelite on the backside and run 8 inches of USB cable.

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Guess my first idea was better :)

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

seems like a lot of work to make a carputer then make it so slow and unpowerfull that you might as well just be running an ipod.

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Not ricey enough :)

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Found the e300 power cable connector... in the wierdest place.

http://store.mp3car.com/ProductDetai...Code=CBL%2D018


I have a pile of laptop 2.5" drives I was given, 810 MB to 3.2GB, waiting for female-female 44p cable to arrive.