Electrical connector and method of making the same

A method of making an electrical connector, comprising steps of:

• providing an insulative housing with a plurality of passageways extending therethrough in a vertical direction;
• providing a plurality of contacts in a row direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, each contact including a main body, a spring arm extending from an upper portion of the main body with a contacting section for connecting to an electronic package, a removable holding base originally linked to a lower connection end of the main body, a removable holding tab originally linked to an upper connection end of the main body, an auxiliary part sidewardly linked to the main body at an angle in a top view along a vertical direction, a connection pad formed at a bottom end of the auxiliary part;
• providing a first stage fixture to densely arrange and firmly hold the holding bases of the individual discrete contacts together alone said row direction;
• providing a second stage fixture to grasp the holding tabs of the contacts;
• removing the holding bases from the corresponding main bodies;
• downwardly inserting the contacts into the corresponding passageways in the vertical direction via cooperation of the second stage fixture and the corresponding holding tabs until the contact reaches an intermediate position in the vertical direction.