Sunday 9 February 2014

Car PC mk4 - New Motherboard, & Windows 7

Over the past couple of days I have finally got round to upgrading the XP Ice OS to Windows 7. The motherboard has also been changed to a Zotac, this thing would put most home PCs and laptops to same, quad core, 4Gb DDR3 RAM, dedicated graphics - all to run a simple .net front end, a media player, and Sat Nav software. Bit overkill especially when teamed with the SSD drive, but its a necessity to be very very fast. The new board has built in bluetooth and built in wi-fi.

I also had to change my Sat Nav software, I didn't know before I started, but Garmin have stopped accepting registrations for their MobilePC software, they have turned off their servers and the software will not start without registration. However...... I did a bit of research and found this!!
http://www.mapfactor.com/en/products/navigation-software-standard/navigator-11/
Its a FREE Sat Nav software that is open source and is primarily for Android but they have a Windows 7 version! I haven't done a lot of miles on it yet, but it looks a really well thought out program, more menu options than the Garmin and works with my Maplin GPS receiver!

The Board



Test Rig with Twin SSD

The Memory 

New Loom
The new board is a 24Pin power connector, however my car PSU output only a 20Pin. This loom converts 20-24Pin.  

The Screen (changed power to Molex so I run from the motherboard)



All the Parts - Ready to Fit 

Boot Tests on Touchscreen 


Fitted 

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