Patent ID: 7864537

Claim:
A socket for testing a main board having a water-cooled cooler fixing structure, comprising: a socket body configured to be installed over a CPU mounted on a main board and having a cooler positioning recess for housing a water-cooled cooler; a cooler fixing unit having one end pivotally coupled to the socket body through a hinge and configured to fix the water-cooled cooler in the cooler positioning recess; a cooler pressing unit disposed at a bottom side of the cooler fixing unit and configured to resiliently press a top surface of the water-cooled cooler in the cooler positioning recess of the socket body thorough fixation of the cooler fixing unit; and a socket fixing unit configured to fix the socket body onto the main board wherein the cooler fixing unit includes: a hook member pivotally installed at the other end of the cooler fixing unit and having a catching hook at a bottom end of the hook member; a catching step formed at a predetermined region of the socket body corresponding to the catching hook of the hook member; and a resilient spring installed at the other end of the cooler fixing unit and configured to constantly apply a force in a direction of maintaining the catching hook to be caught by the catching step.