I've now put in the new MP600 mini and its works fine when plugged in, when unplugged it crashes again. After folowing lalaneta's instructions it works perfectly.
So far the system has been stable for a day :)
Surface 8 Pro - new SSD - compatibility with PCIe 4
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Anonymous
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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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2023-07-07T10:25:06+00:00 Fine !
There's something strange with the power delivery of the nvme port on this SP8.
Because we are lots of users with same hardware and sometimes works fine, sometimes doesn't work.
The only similar thing is that Microsoft doesn't care of us 🤯
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Anonymous
2023-09-26T14:38:46+00:00 Finally, I found how to solve the problem with the trick posted by Getter Robot in the 31th december 2022:
- Enable "Link State Power Management" option in Power Options.
- Choose "Off" for "Link State Power Management".
- Reboot.
And now everythings are ok with the WD SN740 1Tb.
This is what finally did it for me. WD SN770M 1Tb SSD. Windows 11. Edit Power Plan > Advanced Settings > PCI Express > Link State Power Management > Off for both battery and plugged in. Thank you!
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Anonymous
2023-12-07T08:37:40+00:00 have you had any minor issues with this? thinking of using that exact SSD in my SP8