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Pandamonium

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I want to gut a model of a McLaren F1 about (238.2mm x 101.1mm x 61.9 mm) and put a PC inside it. Since space will be very tight, I was wondering if anyone knows of a motherboard that might fit inside the die-cast model. And perhaps of an optical drive that only accepts 8cm discs?
 
I thought about that already... 120mm is too big to fit inside a gutted chassis though. Is there anything else that might be able to fit? All I need is for it to be bootable and have USB connectivity.
 
Try ripping apart a PDA. I'm not aware of any that have USB, but I don't follow that segment of the market.

Good luck.
 
You will want to make sure you have the model body insulated and properly grounded since it is made of metal...
 
If an ITX motherboard fit into that maybe you can run it off a flash to IDE adapter.

Check out some companies like this:

http://www.commell.com.tw/

I think they are going to releas a new unit with a p4M mobil processor and a flash adapter built on the motherboard. Could run an embedded flash operating system or get a 2.5" laptop hard drive.
 
The only thing I have seen a really small CD drive on is maybe a small MP3 Player; they must be getting them somewhere.
 
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