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connect whole pc to car battery
Name: Illumitade Date: August 12, 2002 at 23:24:06 Pacific
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how do i mount my whole pc to into my car the whole thing is very small.. the motherboard..and one display card..tats it..and it has a small LCD screen Is the cigarette lighter in the car..powerful enough to powerup the PSU? or i need something else? Thanks
Name: Clyde Date: August 13, 2002 at 04:18:36 Pacific
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Purchase a power converter from DC to AC, should be at least 300w or better. That converts the 12Vdc to 110/120vac. Just plug it in after that, but beware, it will put a substantial drain on your battery.
Clyde
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Response Number 2
Name: Illuminator Date: August 13, 2002 at 04:57:33 Pacific
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i tot the computer uses DC volts?
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Response Number 3
Name: tru Date: August 13, 2002 at 06:42:17 Pacific
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The computer plugs into an AC outlet and then your power supply converts it to DC outputs of different voltages(5V, 12V, 3.5V, etc) which your peripherals and drives use. You should make sure that your car's engine is running if you want to do this, because as was said it will drain your batter pretty quickly.
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Response Number 4
Name: illuminator Date: August 13, 2002 at 09:33:45 Pacific
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So how can i fix this? i suppose the motherboard only uses 12v to powerup the chips.. then there is this soundcard.hmm probably 5v? and a LCD display which is around 5v.. tats it.. its just a homemade mp3 player help~~~~~~~
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Response Number 5
Name: Trip Date: August 13, 2002 at 09:39:55 Pacific
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Like has been mentioned, you buy a cig lighter adapter and then just plug in your regular computer cable while using your current PSU. You don't have to worry about any voltage conversions then. Why reinvent the wheel when your PSU does it already.
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Response Number 6
Name: sivanand Date: August 13, 2002 at 20:26:29 Pacific
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If ur of diehard Diy type go here ....http://www.aaroncake.net/projects/mp3player.htm
Goodluck Sivanand
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Response Number 7
Name: sivanand Date: August 13, 2002 at 20:33:51 Pacific
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Or here >>http://www.arisecomputer.com/ps/ace800.asp ACE 865 V
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Response Number 8
Name: illuminator Date: August 14, 2002 at 03:38:06 Pacific
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i found a site about building a car power supply for the computer
http://www.edu.kauhajoki.fi/~juhasa/pw/power.html
please please go check it out.. i wonder if it will work? what you guys think? thanks
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