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
    2023-03-02T09:27:22+00:00

    I bought 256gb surface pro 8 recently, and would it be okay if I replace it with bc711 1tb? Seeing these just frighten me out from purchasing SN740 2tb...

    SK hynix BC711 works fine. A few few few error case happens (actually it happens only turning off Window with pushing shift key). I think it is normal. Without way of the turning off, only once happened since I've been using my SP8 with BC711 2022 november. Even though I use BC711 cut from 2280 to 2230 size. I referenced this way https://www.clien.net/service/board/use/17616595

    With BC711 for installing, no registry modification required.

    At first I bought WD SN740 but now I gave up the ssd. Now SN740 is in external ssd enclosure. The method works quite well only with power plugged and no sleep mode. But most time I tried to turn on or log in from black screen, the BSOD appeared. The mobility is very important to this product but everytime when I take out from my backpack it has been turned off already by erratic status(and I can hear couple of times of electirc hiccup sound). And even with power plugged, sometimes I can feel it is unstablized.

    After the trial and error, for capacity, I bought SK hynix BC711 1TB. I am using well so far.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-02T08:51:03+00:00

    I bought 256gb surface pro 8 recently, and would it be okay if I replace it with bc711 1tb? Seeing these just frighten me out from purchasing SN740 2tb...

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-02T07:57:35+00:00

    This is not a pcie 4 issue my friend. This person here used a 1 terabyte PCIE 3 ssd from WD and has the same problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-02T07:03:26+00:00

    There are two options for you:

    1 is choosing a different SSD with PCIe gen 3.

    2 is that following the instructions may partially fix the problem (but sometimes the computer will reboot)

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-02T06:50:58+00:00

    they just change electricity parameters

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