Patent ID: 7202681

Claim:
A motherboard for testing a memory device comprising: a substrate having a surface which is bounded by a periphery; a processor adapted to be operatively coupled to a central processing unit, the processor being affixed to the surface of the substrate; at least one memory socket electrically coupled to the processor wherein the at least one memory socket is sized and configured to removably receive and be operatively coupled to a memory device, the at least one memory socket being located and configured such that coupling of a memory device with the at least one other memory socket imposes a force in a direction substantially perpendicular to the substrate surface; and at least one other memory socket sized and configured to removably receive and be operatively coupled to a memory device, the at least one other memory socket being located adjacent the periphery of the substrate surface such that coupling of a memory device with the at least one other memory socket imposes a force in a direction substantially parallel to the substrate surface.