Patent ID: 6357023
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G01R,G11C,H05K

Abstract:
A test system for testing memory modules comprising:a motherboard, the motherboard being a main board for a computer using memory modules as a memory, the motherboard having a component side and a solder side, the component side having integrated circuits mounted thereon and expansion sockets for expansion boards; a supporting plate, mounted to the motherboard above the solder side of the motherboard, the supporting plate having an opening above a memory portion of the motherboard; a well, attached to the supporting plate at the opening, the well having a smaller spacing to the solder side of the motherboard than a spacing of the supporting plate to the solder side of the motherboard; and a test adaptor board, mounted to the well, the test adaptor board having a test socket for receiving memory modules for testing by the motherboard, the test adaptor board for electrically connecting a memory module inserted into the test socket to the motherboard attached to the test adaptor board, the motherboard using the memory module inserted into the test socket as a portion of the memory of the motherboard, whereby the well reduces a spacing of the test adaptor board to the motherboard.