PCI-E x1 in a PCI-E 2.0 x16?

RobotLizard

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I have a motherboard with four PCI-E slots;

  • a PCI-E 3.0 x 16
    a PCI-E 2.0 x 16
    a PCI-E 2.0 x 1
    a PCI-E x 1

I want to buy a wifi card which is PCI-E x 1, but that slot is covered by my graphics card so I can't plug it in there. Is it possible to plug the PCI-E x 1 card into the PCI-E 2.0 x 16 slot, and it still work?

Thanks
NB: i've had experience with people on these forums posting alternative solutions. If I wanted to know those solutions, i wouldn't have asked this question, so please can you just answer what I have asked.