does ddr3 ram work in ddr4 slot - Dpofirs Motherboard CPU Combo for H81 B85 Chipset, LGA 2011-3 ... rich 888 slot

First of all, a DDR3 laptop RAM module can’t physically fit into a DDR4 laptop RAM slot and vice versa.

There will be two kinds of UniDIMMs, DDR3 UniDIMM and DDR4 UniDIMM, both having 260 pins, the same key position (but one that's different from DDR3 SO-DIMM), and hence work on a platform that supports both standards, "Skylake," in this case.

Answer (1 of 29): In short, no. Definitely not, unless you have a very odd motherboard. DDr3 RAM is different from DDr4 RAM and isn’t compatible with a DDr4 system. In fact, the manufacturers of RAM modules include a little “notch,” or keying slit, in each module of RAM. This is designed to prev...

First of all, a DDR3 laptop RAM module can’t physically fit into a DDR4 laptop RAM slot and vice versa. Notches on the connectors of memory sticks are on different places.