Patent ID: 7558072

Claim:
An adapter module, comprising: a circuit board having a plurality of circuits, used for transferring electrical signals from the first surface of the circuit board to the second surface thereof; a first socket having a third surface electrically connecting to the first surface of the circuit board and a fourth surface having a plurality of pin terminals for connecting to a first CPU, which is designed for a laptop computer; an adapter base, having a fifth surface that electrically connects to the second surface of the circuit board and a sixth surface that selectively connects to a second socket on a motherboard, the second socket having pin terminals for connecting a second CPU, which is designed for a desktop computer, wherein the pin assignment of the second CPU is different from that of the first CPU, when the second socket connects to the adapter base, signals received by the second socket are transferred to the first CPU via the adapter device, the circuit board, and the first socket sequentially.