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Testing memory modules on a solder-side adaptor board attached to a PC motherboard

  • US 6,357,022 B1
  • Filed: 10/11/2000
  • Issued: 03/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automated test apparatus for testing high-speed memory modules, the automated test apparatus comprising:

  • a target-system motherboard having components including a microprocessor, memory, and expansion-bus connectors mounted on a component-side of the target-system motherboard, the memory including memory modules inserted into memory-module sockets mounted on the component-side;

    a test adaptor board having adaptor pins protruding out a first side and having a test socket mounted on a second side opposite the first side, wherein at least one of the memory-module sockets has been removed;

    wherein the adaptor pins connect to the target-system motherboard on a solder-side of the target-system motherboard immediately opposite a location where the at least one memory-module sockets have been removed; and

    wherein the test socket on the test adaptor board is for connecting signals from a memory module under test to a memory bus on the target-system motherboard, whereby the memory module under test is electrically connected to the target-system motherboard.

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