US Patent 7199599 Integrated circuit socket with removable support

An apparatus may include a body to couple to a motherboard, the body defining an opening, and a support removably coupled to the body, the support to mount in the opening and to pass electrical interconnects to electrically couple an integrated circuit to the motherboard. In further aspects, an apparatus may include a plurality of electrical interconnects disposed in respective ones of a plurality of openings of the support, the plurality of electrical interconnects to electrically couple an integrated circuit to the motherboard, a base mounted on the body, the base defining base openings to pass the plurality of electrical interconnects, wherein the base is to receive the integrated circuit and to move toward the support so as the bring electrical contacts of the integrated circuit into contact with the plurality of electrical interconnects.