On 10/18/18 3:16 PM, Angel Pons wrote:
I believe the power traces are different, so the CPU VRM feeds only through the EPS12V connector. However, if your PicoPSU is large enough, I guess a EPS12V cable can be attached to it.
Probably not for a 35W CPU, but generally: Using adapters for the EPS12V connector is dangerous. They have more than two pins for a simple reason: The electrical current through each pin/connection must not get too high. There are adapters that route the whole current through a single pin on the other end (e.g. a single old-school PATA drive connector). Never use these unless you know they can take the current you expect! (e.g. not much more than 3A for a 35W TDP, that might be ok for a single pin, but you should read each connectors specs)
Same applies to the tiny connectors for (hard)-drives on the PicoPSU, if the current goes through less pins on the PicoPSU side, don't do it (unless you know what you are doing).
There are PicoPSUs that have a 4-pin EPS12V connector btw. So I'm not sure what the original question was; would it work w/o full 8 pins? or would it work w/o any? The former likely yes, the latter likely no.
Nico