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Everything is working fine now |
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By Nick Kolev on
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
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I thought my EPIA 5000 died, but it turned out the problem was in the power supply connector. One of the cables of the ATX connector was not soldered very well and this caused the board to work on and off. I guess there is a good power protection on the board, because it didn't burn, but works as new.
I ordered a new board before I found the real problem, but having one more EPIA around is not bad at all. I'd be able now to test my software before I download it on the car PC.
I want to thank all people that sent me emails asking to become beta testers of my software. I really appreciate your will to help me out with this task. I will make a link on my page, where you can download the latest release for beta-testing, as soon as I have something that I think is good to be called a release candidate. Thanks again guys.
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I took it home to fix a WiFi problem and... |
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By Nick Kolev on
Thursday, July 08, 2004
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My EPIA 5000 died. Or it looks like dead. It powers up and shuts down (I can see the fan of the PSU running and stopping), but the screen remains black. In a very scary way black.
Maybe it is time to re-design everything around a new mini-ITX motherboard.
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Posted front panel pictures |
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By Nick Kolev on
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
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There were no pictures of the front panel of the unit. Go to Pictures/Case to see more.
Metal angle brackets are glued to the plastic panel.
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I finally took pictures of the assembled unit |
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By Nick Kolev on
Sunday, June 20, 2004
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I had some trouble making the front panel of the car PC. That is why there was no picture of it fully assembled.
Now it is done and you can see how nice it looks. The front panel is a bit shiny though. In fact, you can see the reflection of the building across the street. I hope you will not use some forensic tools to track me down...
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I decided to make the page public |
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By Nick Kolev on
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
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Today I decided that it is time to “go public”.
The page was ready for some time now, but I always waned to add something more to it, before I show the world my project. As you can see, the result is that the page is near perfect right now.
I still have some picture to take and to post, which I’ll probably do in the next couple of days.
Please send your comments and ideas, I’d be glad to know somebody else finds my car PC an interesting project.
Of course, I had to come up with some nice name for my car PC. Here it goes: ...
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