4 Pin Motherboard

[DezricDTR]

My motherboard only has 4 pins slot for the main power. Is it possible to upgrade my Power supply?

[Lurick]

Can we get any information about the system?

Model, specs, etc?

[DezricDTR]

HP Pavilion 690-0013w 

Ryzen 5 2400g, GTX 1050 2GB vram, 8 gb ram, 1tb hard drive. HP 8433 Motherboard, and a 310 watt psu

I want to make upgrades on pretty much everything, but i need more power.

[Aerpoweron]

Usually newer power supplies have a 8 pin EPS power plug. Just make sure, maybe even contact support from the PSU you like, that the 8 pin plug can be split into 2 4-pin plugs

[Guest]

20 hours ago, DezricDTR said:

HP Pavilion 690-0013w 

Ryzen 5 2400g, GTX 1050 2GB vram, 8 gb ram, 1tb hard drive. HP 8433 Motherboard, and a 310 watt psu

I want to make upgrades on pretty much everything, but i need more power.

OUCH!  Proprietary.  

 

Stupid thing about HP is they're SO inconsistent from one build to another.  One will have a proprietary 4-pin, then a 6-pin...

 

You'll need to find an adapter cable that adapts the standard ATX connector to whatever proprietary connector HP uses in your build.

 

Might actually be easier/cheaper to get rid of the whole board.  HP makes these PCs not so you can upgrade them, but so when you need an upgrade you go out and buy another HP.

 

20 hours ago, Aerpoweron said:

Usually newer power supplies have a 8 pin EPS power plug. Just make sure, maybe even contact support from the PSU you like, that the 8 pin plug can be split into 2 4-pin plugs

Nah. He's not talking about CPU power.  He's talking about the main power connector.

[Aerpoweron]

Ok, my bad then. Then how is the rest connected to the motherboard? Could you give us any pictures of the inside of the case? I am afraid that a standard ATX or microATX won't fit as well.

[ImAyaanKhan]

4 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

OUCH!  Proprietary.  

 

Stupid thing about HP is they're SO inconsistent from one build to another.  One will have a proprietary 4-pin, then a 6-pin...

 

You'll need to find an adapter cable that adapts the standard ATX connector to whatever proprietary connector HP uses in your build.

 

Might actually be easier/cheaper to get rid of the whole board.  HP makes these PCs not so you can upgrade them, but so when you need an upgrade you go out and buy another HP.

 

Nah. He's not talking about CPU power.  He's talking about the main power connector.

That's why I hate HP. Bloatware and this.