Laptop Controlled System??

Team AI · Post by **Team AI** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:18 pm

yup last time I got a computer I got a laptop just so I wouldn't have to fool with it. I am actually glad that a thread like this came up cause I was thinking of running everything from a computer.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:21 pm

i've thought about it, but in my current vehicle(a truck) there is really not a feasible location for the box. use all my seats and the middle in the back has a speaker box straddling it. plus i do remodeling and stuff like that for a living so i need the bed :*(

Team AI · Post by **Team AI** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:22 pm

what kind of truck do you have... I bet I could find a place... could be a challange I like to think of cool stuff like that.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:23 pm

thought about doing a laptop and building a "dock" for it under my front split bench center console. but i already have a deck that will play mp3's and all that. only when i put a screen in would i re reconsider doing it

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:24 pm

2001 f-150 supercab. could always "fabricate" a custom case i guess. but the only available spot is under the seat in the back. 2/3 of that is my amp rack, and the other 1/3 is like jumper cables and rope etc.

Team AI · Post by **Team AI** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:35 pm

You could also raise do a cutout in the seat like the no2 tanks in the rx7 vin diesel drives in the fast and the furious with vents that route to the bottom and probably four 12volt case fans to keep air flowing or even a liquid cooled system. It wouldn't be cheap I imagine but would be pretty safe.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:43 pm

yeah i would probably do liquid cooled as readily available as they are now. oh i got a link check this stuff out
http://www.xoxide.com/watcoolkit.html

EDIT: I want to do one on my athlon64 SSSOOOOO BAD! but water still kinda scares me when its in my computer!!

Team AI · Post by **Team AI** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:46 pm

lol that I understand hehe. but my advice is even if you go water cooled is 1 don't skimp and 2. I would have at least two fans if possible for back up.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:47 pm

overkill is never a bad thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Team AI · Post by **Team AI** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:49 pm

not when it comes to protecting your investment. I have seen what can happen when a computer overheats and it ain't pretty and in a car it's even more dangerous. Cooling is something I can never stress enough... On my last desktop I had four case fans and a 12" fan pointed directly into an open side on the case.

This would actually make a good faq but I suck at writing faq's lol.