Does RAM fit either way?

[Technozo]

Kind of a silly question but does it to make sure LOL.

[Enderman]

no it does not

[Guest]

no.

[aisle9]

Depends on the size of your hammer. And your wallet.

[Oshino Shinobu]

No. DRAM is keyed which means they only go in one way. 

[another random person]

7 minutes ago, Technozo said:

Kind of a silly question but does it to make sure LOL.

haha, certainly not 

ram can only fit in one way

[Technozo]

See I understand the notch but like what if you flip it the other way and the notch lines up. Would it still fit?

[WoodenMarker]

2 minutes ago, Technozo said:

See I understand the notch but like what if you flip it the other way and the notch lines up. Would it still fit?

The notch doesn't line up that way.

[Moonzy]

practically it will not fit

 

technically it will fit if you try hard enough

[Oshino Shinobu]

3 minutes ago, Technozo said:

See I understand the notch but like what if you flip it the other way and the notch lines up. Would it still fit?

The notch wouldn't line up. But lets say you remove the notch from the RAM slot, it still would not work as the wrong signals would be send to the wrong places. 

EDIT: There would also be a gap where the notch on the RAM DIMM is. 

[Moonzy]

what oshino said + risk frying your motherboard and cpu

[DJHenjin]

Will almost certainly fry your motherboard, your RAM or both. the RAM has power lines which when reversed will not line up correctly and you will end up sending power into data lines on the stick, Not good. Had a friend who forcibly installed their RAM backwards and ended up frying both the motherboard and the RAM.

Best advice I can give: If it does not go down BOTH easily and level when you apply even pressure on both ends, CHECK and make sure you have the keys lined up properly. You will see the tab inside the RAM slot if you look straight down into it. If you compare this with your RAM stick laid down on the motherboard in line with one of the RAM slots you will see if the tab is lined up with the notch. All 4 (or 8 if your lucky ) slots will be oriented in the same way, line up all the sticks correctly and then install. BAM RAM installed properly.

[Enderman]

9 minutes ago, Technozo said:

See I understand the notch but like what if you flip it the other way and the notch lines up. Would it still fit?

the stick would only fit if the notch is in the middle

which it is not

on purpouse

[WannaBeeComputerGeek]

NO depends on the notch position , depends on which ddr number your ram is