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CarPC and rough handling?

bulldog5046 said:
do you get issues running a car pc if the cars being thrown about alot? i can just imagen having regular HDD failures...

are there and specialist laptop HDD's for bumpy rides?
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i wouldnt have thought youd get that much trouble if the carPC had a solid attachment.

so many people run them aswell. i would use laptop SATA drives as they are designed to be portable and can handle the bumps better then the 3.5" HDD's
 
Hellcat said:
Typical figures:

Laptop HDD Shock Tolerance:
Non-operating: 1000G/1ms
Operating: 160G/1ms


Desktop HDD Shock Tolerance:
Non-operating: 350G/1ms
Operating: 60G/1ms
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does that mean im correct :D


:p
 
i would of been using laptop drives anyway, just wondered about it as i imagened the platters would of gotten scratched.

i thought about it awhile ago just been more busy with styling but thats comming to an end later in the year so thinking about ICE, a nice 7" 16:9 will fit where the standard HU was with a tidy little micro pc under the rear bench where the CD chager would go :)
 
how much space are you wanting, and whats your budget?

If your only wanting a couple of gig for OS as a couple of apps, go for a CF to IDE interface board. If you want more space than that, theres solid-state drives available, but cost an arm and a leg.

When i was building combat robots, i came across the idea of using a PC inside a robot to control the robot and monitor various devices through sensors. Even the best laptop HDDs wouldnt handle the shock and would fail after a few min, so i had to go solid-state. No moving parts, so they never failed on me.
 
what exactly is it your looking for? I built and designed PCs that go into busses, i would be more than happy to help you out with a chasis that could take the abuse.
 
A mate of mine had a "car PC" (actually it was a Dell P3 SFF) in his Seat Ibiza.
The 20gig desktop drive in that failed after about 2 weeks.
At work, we have a PC designed to be mounted in the cab of a lorry for vehicle tracking and navigation.
It uses a laptop hard drive, mounted in shock absorbing gel (panasonic Toughbook style), and after a few (non scientific) tests, it seems it can handle a few shocks and bumps.

HTH,
Dan
 
Dell... ah that explains it. :rolleyes:

fit a 2.5" in a 5.25" bay with one of these anti-noise systems and it should reduce the failure rate. They're basically flexible mountings which will do away with many of the small movement but high G shocks.
 
Hellcat said:
Dell... ah that explains it. :rolleyes:

fit a 2.5" in a 5.25" bay with one of these anti-noise systems and it should reduce the failure rate. They're basically flexible mountings which will do away with many of the small movement but high G shocks.
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Not my idea to use a Dell, where possible I build all my own kit!
I'm sure a 2.5" drive mounted with a bit of foam or something similar would suffice, temerature may be an issue, but I doubt it would get so hot that it would catch fire/explode...
Some nice cases and mobos over on http://www.mini-itx.com , i've not dealt with them but heard they are resonable and reliable.
 
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