I'm in the midst of a move half-way around the globe and found that errors in the Gigabyte H77M-D3H mobo manual affected my decision to pack just the mobo, RAM, CPU, hard drives and a 17" LCD in my carry-on baggage. ("Why yes, Mr. TSA Inspector, that is in fact a lot of electronics in my bag." )
I'm moving from Thailand to Mexico for a six-month period, and had debated getting a NUC or a low-end notebook, but decided to take my current computer, just sans case, power supply and HSF. (The power supply was 230v-only, any way.)
I looked at Mexican online shopping sites and found a bunch of inexpensive slimline computer cases (the H77M is a uATX mobo) but the included power supplies only have a single 4-pin 12v. A quick check of the Gigabyte manual showed both a diagram with a single 4-pin 12v connector and "1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector" listed in the specs. Great! However, in a transit hotel room, for whatever reason, I opened the box and the mobo clearly has an 8-pin ATX 12v connection. How I overlooked that when I disassembled the system is another issue.
So, now I'd like to know: Will the system even boot with just a single 4-pin connector? If so, will it in any way damage any part of the system?
I use only the IGP -- no video card. In fact, nothing in any of the PCIe/PCI slots. The only things drawing power via the mobo would be the CPU itself, the CPU fan, 4 sticks of RAM, and I might use at most 2xUSB3 and 2xUSB2 ports at any given time. And, the front panel lights for HDD and power.
Would I be tempting fate & disaster if I used a power supply with only a single 4-pin 12v connector?
I'm moving from Thailand to Mexico for a six-month period, and had debated getting a NUC or a low-end notebook, but decided to take my current computer, just sans case, power supply and HSF. (The power supply was 230v-only, any way.)
I looked at Mexican online shopping sites and found a bunch of inexpensive slimline computer cases (the H77M is a uATX mobo) but the included power supplies only have a single 4-pin 12v. A quick check of the Gigabyte manual showed both a diagram with a single 4-pin 12v connector and "1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector" listed in the specs. Great! However, in a transit hotel room, for whatever reason, I opened the box and the mobo clearly has an 8-pin ATX 12v connection. How I overlooked that when I disassembled the system is another issue.
So, now I'd like to know: Will the system even boot with just a single 4-pin connector? If so, will it in any way damage any part of the system?
I use only the IGP -- no video card. In fact, nothing in any of the PCIe/PCI slots. The only things drawing power via the mobo would be the CPU itself, the CPU fan, 4 sticks of RAM, and I might use at most 2xUSB3 and 2xUSB2 ports at any given time. And, the front panel lights for HDD and power.
Would I be tempting fate & disaster if I used a power supply with only a single 4-pin 12v connector?