What motherboard motherboard is in pavillion hpe h8xt with ivy bridge

[DrPSK]

Interested in purchasing, but can't find info on what motherboard this uses. Would love to see a diagram!

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

These are the techncial specifications for the HP HPE h8-1240t.  The specifications make this PC a "giant" killer.  The Intel socket is probably the 1155 as it also support the i7-2600.

The below image is the "Formosa" motherboard.

PCI-E x16 3.0

4 SATA III ports plus 4 SATA II ports

RAID capable

Up to three hard drives

USB 3.0

Power supplies up to 600 watts

Pump fan connector --- water cooling but the configurator doesn't show that option

Up to the Radeon 7950 in the above techncial specifications but the configurator doesn't show the 7950

Downsides:  Where is the support for 32 GB using 8 GB dimms? How about 1600 MHZ dimms?

[lasvegaswireman · Accepted solution]

@ Big_Dave

Here are the specs I found for the HP OEM Pegatron IPMMB-FM (Formosa) Motherboard. The specs indicate the socket is a Intel LGA 1155 (Socket-H2) and Supported CPUs are;

Intel Core i3-3xxxT (Ivy Bridge) Dual Core	35W
Intel Core i3-3xxx (Ivy Bridge) Dual Core	55W
Intel Core i5-3xxxT (Ivy Bridge) Dual Core	35W
Intel Core i5-3xxxT (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core	45W
Intel Core i5-3xxxS (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core	65W
Intel Core i5-3xxx (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core	77W
Intel Core i7-3xxx (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core	77W
Intel Core i7-3xxxK (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core	77W
Intel Core i3-2xxx (Sandy Bridge) Dual Core	65W
Intel Core i3-2xxxT (Sandy Bridge) Dual Core	35W
Intel Core i5-2xxx (Sandy Bridge) Quad Core	95W
Intel Core i7-2xxx (Sandy Bridge) Quad Core	95W
Intel Pentium G6xx (Sandy Bridge) Dual Core	65W
Intel Pentium G6xxT (Sandy Bridge) Dual Core	35W
Intel Pentium G8xx (Sandy Bridge) Dual Core	65W

and the memory supported is;

Dual channel memory architecture
Four 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets

Supports DDR3 DIMMs

PC3 10600 (1333 MHz)

PC3 12800 (1600 MHz)

Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered

Supports 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB DIMMs

Supports up to 4 GB on 32-bit* systems

Supports up to 16 GB on 64-bit systems

Frank

[Big_Dave]

@Frank,

Good post!   The HP Business Center must get the information before the consumer side.

[lasvegaswireman]

I looked at this for another poster concerning his h8-1240t and he only ID'd the board as being made by "IPMMB-FM". I recognized this as motherboard model, searched it, and the only references were to HP TouchSmart 610-xxxx all-in-one computers. This threw me, as I thought the board was a custom design for an AIO and it shouldn't be in a mid-sized desktop.

Frank

[DrPSK]

Thanks for such a quick as well as accurate response. I had spent several hours trying to find that info on my own.

[DrPSK]

Thank you. I received a similar response, but your photo of the MB is much clearer, as it labels all the connectors. Very helpful and much appreciated. 

[rev23dev]

That image shows that it has 2 SATA 6.0 gbps ports and 4 SATA 3.0 gbps ports, however the HP specs for this board just show 6 SATA 2.0, which only supports 3gbps.

Can anyone confirm there are actually 2 6.0gbps ports?

[javafun]

I tried to connect my SSD drive to port 4 (red) - it is definetly SATA II according to drive speed test.

When connected to port 1 (white) I got maximum speed for my SSD, so I believe this port is SATA III.

Looks like this motherboard has same specs as IPISB-CH2 (Chicago) motherboard http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/ipisb-ch2/ .

I didn't test, but if this is true SATA ports are:

4 * SATAII 3Gb/s connectors

SATA 2/3/4/5

3Gb/s transfer speed – Supports four SATAII ports  (Orange/Light Blue/Black/Red Color)

RAID: 0/1/ Support

SATA 0/1

2 * SATAIII 6Gb/s connectors

6Gb/s transfer speed- Supports two SATAIII ports (White/Blue Color)

[rev23dev]

The colors you listed don't seem to match up with what the diagram says. It says the SATA III ports are the red and black.

I have my SSD plugged into SATA 0 (which is the dark blue one on the diagram -- I think mine matches up) but haven't tested the speeds yet. What did you use to test?