Surface 8 Pro - new SSD - compatibility with PCIe 4

Anonymous
2022-08-21T13:47:41+00:00

Hello,

is the Surface 8 Pro compatible with PCIe 4 drives or can I only use PCIe 3 ssd?

If not all drives are compatible, which drives work?

Best regards,

Peter

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-03-20T21:22:33+00:00

    I have same issue with lite-on XA1-311024.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-22T16:45:45+00:00

    Does NOTwork well in Surface Pro 8/9 due to these Surface's incompatibility with Gen4 SSDs

    All the rest X etc yes even the older model work good

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-04-12T19:16:46+00:00

    I've been using the 2TB WD PC SN740 SDDPTQE-2T00 Firmware 73102000 for a couple of months now. It isn't as reliable as the original SSD which was more stable but much slower.

    I've listed the Surface config below.
    I have the Link State set to DIPM.
    I have the PCIe Link State set to Off.

    The only power issues I run into are power downs. It sometimes fails and runs the weird slow blue recover circle (not sure what that is). Sleep is also unreliable. I've learnt to just restart and it boots. The only annoying issue is it sometimes powers up and drains the battery.

    Also - probably most important - the unreliable power up/downs could result in corrupted Bitlocker keys (salvagable) or MBR (I was not able to salvage that). So BitLocker has to be turned off.

    I mostly use my Surface as a desktop (with a dock etc.) so it doesn't bother me as much. Just when turning it before travelling with it I wait a few minutes to ensure it stays off. Sort of annoying but not a disaster.

    I hope Microsoft or WD eventually solve this. I know Dell and Lenovo had firmware updates for the SN 740 but not sure it was the same issue. They cannot be installed on the OEM device. (at least I was unsuccessful).

    Device Information: 

    • Device name: SURFACE8-2TB
    • Surface model: Surface Pro 8 Model 1983 i7
    • SAM: 11.101.139.0
    • UEFI: 18.104.143.0
    • App version: 61.23030.158.0
    • BIOS Version/Date: Microsoft Corporation 18.104.143 12/15/2022
    • Wi-Fi driver: 22.200.2.1
    • OS build: 22621.1555
    • Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1185G7 @ 3.00GHz
    • Installed RAM: 16 GB
    • Storage size: 1744 GB free of 1906 GB
    • GPU: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-04-12T19:34:58+00:00

    I have same settings and everything is ok.

    Only the hibernate scheme doesn't work weel: It close all the apps. And the battery consumption is 10%-15% upper than with the consumption with the original drive (tested in real life use of the Office suite, with 2 same surface pro 8, one with the original SSD et one with the WDSN740).

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-01T02:17:04+00:00

    SP8 has widely reported stability problems with PCIe 4.

    If you want more storage and a stable system, stay with a Gen3 SSD in the SP8.

    We recently upgraded 2 x SP8 i7/16/256 LTE to 1TB Samsung PM991a SSD ( Part No MZ9LQ1T0HBLB-00B00 ) and both are working well. We got similar real world speeds using winsat disk between the Kioxia BG4 and Samsung PM991a when mounted in the SP8. So still only Gen3 performance but they are working well.

    We documented the upgrade and posted a full how to guide along with the speed test comparisons at https://windowssolved.com/ultimate-guide-how-to-upgrade-microsoft-surface-pro-8-ssd/

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