Posts by Mark Martinez3

Thanks, got it fixed. There was really only one way to jam it in there—I didn't even realize until I actually tried forcing it.
The connectors aren't square; they’re slightly rounded, just like you see in the photo. It won't go in any other way than
exactly how it fits
(pins 3, 4, 7, and 8).

redowl32, thanks a ton.
Since this motherboard is used, there’s zero protection on the connector (it was probably hooked up to an 8-pin, so the protection is gone).
Now, if I'm reading this photo right, does it need to go to pins 4 and 8, or am I totally off base? What do you think?
Do me a favor and try to find the pinout for your board so we can compare it to mine.
P.S. Mine is rev 1.0.

Alright, I need to swap out my motherboard, but there's a catch: my power supply only has one 4-pin connector
and the board requires an 8-pin ATX connector.
So, here’s the deal: can I actually plug this 4-pin into the 8-pin slot on the motherboard, or am I absolutely forced to use an adapter?
I’m really trying to dodge using an adapter if there's any way around it. Local repair shops are probably useless right now, so if I have to order an adapter from Washington, D.C., the shipping alone will cost more than the damn thing, not to mention the wait.

For context, the motherboard that just died was an N/A (it won't send any signal to the monitor, nothing—not via integrated graphics, not via the PCI-E card). I'm looking at replacing it with a GA-MA785GT-UD3H.
The CPU is an Intel Core i5 (on the old board, which had a beta BIOS 2.39, this LGA 1151 processor actually worked despite the board being older).
My PSU is 400W (already tested, it works fine).

Anyway, if anyone can help or give me some advice regarding this connector, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks for the input, everyone. I’ve been so obsessed with this whole USB situation that my internet speed completely slipped my mind.

Since my PC is stuck running on USB 1.1, I'm wondering if a webcam using USB 2.0 would actually work at all.
I need to know if the video and audio streams would be okay, or if the USB 1.1 port on my machine would bottleneck everything, causing stuttering or dropped frames.
It's for Skype. I was thinking about just picking up a cheap 1.3 MPix camera, but since almost everything comes with USB 2.0 these days, I have no idea how it would perform.