Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and methods for converting a volatile memory module device to a non-volatile memory module device. In one embodiment, a male contact edge of a memory module device is inserted to a first memory module device socket of a memory module device adaptor, the memory module device adaptor having a first male contact edge. Power is provided to the memory module device in the event of a system failure. Diodes operatively connected to one or more power pins of the first memory module device socket prevent current from flowing to the battery to one or more power pins of the male contact edge of the memory module device adaptor. Applications needing dedicated memory are registered and, in the event of a system failure memory module device data associated with the registered applications can be recovered without the use of flash memory.