DIMM Slot Too Big For RAM Stick?

[nolanpeterson.nz]

*EDIT Hai guys was just wondering if i could fit my 8gb ram stick into a slot that's bigger than the stick itself
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[Gam3r01]

Theres no such thing as a 16GB slot.

RAM slots are universally sized around their respective generations (For example, DDR3 and DDR4 are pinned out differently, and laptop and desktop are different sizes)

 

[Karadjgne]

16Gb slot just means it's capable of accepting and recognizing a 16Gb stick of ram. Physically they are all the same dimensions, it's only amount of ram that differs.

 

[nolanpeterson.nz]

so u guys are saying i could fit a 1gb stick into a slot that can take 32x1?

 

[rgs80074]

what they are saying is the size(gigs) does not matter, the slot will accept anything in it as long as its the right type of ram chip for the slot (ie ddr4, ddr3, etc)

no you can not really put in different type of ram in a slot it was not meant for, you probably couldn't get it to go in anyways as they all are bigger, smaller, notched differently from ddr2 to ddr3 and so on.

so if your ram chip is of the correct type for the motherboard yes you can put in a 1gb chip into a ram slot that can support up to a 32gb chip. some can be done individually and some has to be paired but thats on the motherboard and its manual will tell you.

hopefully that might answer your question.

 

[Karadjgne]

Yes. You can use a 1Gb DDR4 ram stick in a 16Gb DDR4 slot. Or a 2Gb, 4Gb, 8Gb or a 1x16Gb stick of DDR4 ram in a 16Gb DDR4 slot. You just cannot use a 1x32Gb stick of DDR4 ram or any size DDR3 or DDR2

 

[ritvarsdavis]

I don't even think there are 1GB and 2GB DDR4 modules. Lowest I've seen is 4GB.

 

[Karadjgne]

There are 2Gb ddr4 modules, Crucial has one. For laptop use. But if you check ebay, you'll see more than a few ppl who get their translations backwards and are selling 16x1Gb kits, when the reality is its a 1x16Gb stick. Not that I'd ever trust a seller who has no clue what he's selling.