Patent ID: 6693816
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: G01R,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A method of reconfiguring a motherboard for testing of a memory device, the method comprising:providing a motherboard including a substrate having a first surface and a second, opposing surface, a plurality of circuit traces, a processor location on the first surface and at least one memory socket mounted on the first surface of the substrate adapted to receive a portion of a memory module therein, the at least one memory socket and the processor location being electrically connected through the circuit traces of the plurality; removing the at least one memory socket from the first surface of the substrate; and mounting at least another memory socket to the second, opposing surface of the substrate and electrically connecting the at least another memory socket to the processor location using the same circuit traces of the plurality by which the at least one memory socket was electrically connected thereto.