Patent ID: 8753138

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a memory module including a semiconductor card having horizontal upper and lower card edges, a pair of vertical card edges, and a pair of opposing card faces, with card edge voltage pads along the lower card edge, auxiliary voltage pads along at least one of the vertical card edges, and one or more memory chips on one or both card faces; a socket for receiving the memory module at the lower card edge and supporting the memory module in a fully seated position, the socket including a plurality of electrical socket contacts for engagement with the card edge voltage pads along the lower card edge when the memory module is in the fully seated position; and a latch pivotally coupled to the socket and movable between a latched position and an unlatched position, the latch including electrical latch contacts positioned for being engaged with the auxiliary voltage pads when in the latched position and being disengaged from the auxiliary voltage pads when in the unlatched position.