I don't tbh, because I haven't tested enough of them. I used a Silicon Power unit, but there were more expensive options possibly with faster read write speeds. I optimized for customer reviews and price.
For anybody looking to do this, Corsair have recently launched the MP600 MINI 2230 2TB Gen4x4 ssd with a claimed 7,000MB/s read and 6,200MB/s write which looks to be the first 2230 drive to match the speed of decent 2280 sized drives. I haven't seen actual benchmarks of it yet though.
@@goatslayer85 Looks like my link was removed? It's on the Corsair UK website, search filter on 2TB drives. It's not the version with "Core" in the name, just MP600 MINI 2TB.
Its out there, its called the mp600 mini. Its confusing because the older 2tb, with qlc and an older controller is called the "core mini". They are coming out with an updated 1tb based on this mini soon, but the 2 TB is available, I just picked one up.
thanks for this :) despite trying to use the wrong screwdriver for like ten minutes I was able to get the screws out pretty easily and do the swap! Very simple guide
I just ordered a Surface 11 Gen Laptop and was curious to see how straightforward it would be to upgrade. It's very straightforward but I have to compliment you on the quality and content of your video. I retired after 36 years in IT as a CTO for one of the largest computer manufacturers in the world. I must say.... You did an AWESOME Job ! Can't wait to watch your other videos. Hopefully you'll add revision videos as the newer versions of hardware are released if there are nuances which require alternative installation methods!
@@georgegulyas7576 thank you for the compliment and glad it helped. This is the easiest Surface Laptop so far, previous generations required the keyboard deck to be lifted and zif connectors for keyboard and trackpad to be removed. Surface Pro SSD swap is even easier than this one, with the SSD trap door under the kickstand.
Hey Jeremy, these instructions for SSD replacement are incredibly easy to follow. Thanks. I'm actually considering getting one myself. Now, here's my quick question: Do Copilot+ PCs have capabilities similar to Nvidia's 'Chat with RTX'?
Thanks, glad it helped. There are 40+ local models in a Copilot+ PC, including the Phi 3 Silica small language model. That said, for pure text-only chat, I don't believe there is a front-end app for it. When you use things like Cocreator in Paint, it's using the local small language model.
Great video Jeremy I will probably get the Surface laptop 7 with 256GB SSD then upgrade to 1TB rather than go for the model with 1TB ready installed. Works out cheaper and then I end up with a spare SSD. Can anyone give me the specs for the original SSD ? I want to make sure the one I buy is of comparable quality. The one I am looking at getting is Seagate FireCuda 520N 1TB 2230 M.2 NVMe Gen4. It has a read speed of 4800 MBps and is PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4. Any comments most appreciated. Thanks
Very good video thanks!!! I used a 2TB WD SN770M for my Surface 11 Pro and got a lot of blue-screens. So went back to the factory SSD after 1 week (I thought it was a software-issue first, and re-installed 2 times, a lot of wasted time!). I also noted, that Microsoft's SSD has a shielding on the bottom. Any SSD brand you can recommend?
@andikunar7183 I'm using the Silicon Power UD90 2TB and have been running it daily and pretty hard doing video editing and rendering and have had no issues. I didn't want to put a link to it in the description until I ran it for some time. I also didn't attempt to transfer the shielding
@@remyfrt for now I'm staying with the 256GB because I have little time for another fresh setup, and I really don't need the space on this machine. I'm on Macs, this is my back-to-Windows testing and development machine. FYI the WD then also did not work reliably in a USB3.2 SSD-enclosure with my Macs and got sent back. DeployJeremy suggested the UD90.
thank you once again , I just would like to let everyone know that , I tried 4 times and I had to return it to the SSD drive that came with the surface pro 11 , this SSD drive did not work for me , the rest of the information is helpful. the laptop never recognized the ssd drive , so I had to change it to the original,, going to try another brand, to be continued, thanks
@@DeployJeremy I tried posting the link, which is the same one you describe , but no worries , thank you I got it back anyway which is what I was afraid.
@@StudyYourself Aside from faulty hardware, I'm not sure why it wasn't recognized. I bought a USB enclosure at the same time for the original SSD and if you have one of those, I'd test it on a running system using diskpart list disk or the disk management tool. I didn't need to do any pre-partitioning on mine, but maybe it needs that?
@@DeployJeremy it is all good brother , thank you so much, I went to bestbuy and bought the WD - BLACK SN770M 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 2230 for ROG Ally and Steam Deck, and after a couple of hours , all is well with the Universe , hahahhaha, also for future pointers, the surface pro 11 only comes with type c options and if someone does it in the future they gotta use the one on the bottom because the laptop wont recognize the top option for recovery drive, thank you gonna enjoy my laptop now
@@DeployJeremy thank you brother for all your help, today I went and bough -WD - BLACK SN770M 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 2230 for ROG Ally and Steam Deck from bestbuy , and it worked like a charm, now the surface pro 11 , only comes with 2 type connections for future reference tell everyone to use the one on the bottom because the laptop did not recognize the one on top, so for now going to enjoy my laptop with all that space, thanks again
Update I decided to go for the Silicon Power SSD as Jeremy did. The whole process was really easy folowing his clear instructions. My new Surface laptop with new SSD ran great for about 5 days without a hitch untill it didnt. It suddenly stopped working and came up with a Blue screen. "Couldnt find a bootable operating system..... There was nothing I could do about it, so I swopped it back out with the original SSD. Now all seems to be good again. I suspect that the SSD developed a fault. Even if I were to try and manage to reboot it, I dont think I could trust it again. Will try to return it and get a refund from Amazon. Anyone care to give further advice ?
Easiest upgrade evva - I went with the 1TB drive, more than plenty for what I am using it for. I got my 15" with the 256Gb version, because it saved me 410 CAD.
I don't understand - if you wanted to upgrade the SSD anyways, why you didn't buy the base configuration with 256GB, but instead you chose to buy 512GB model for 200$ more?
Why not just make the recovery USB from the surface itself? No need to download anything it already has the ability built-in from the internal recovery partition. I also see you didn't put the original EFI shield over the new SSD
Would I be correct in thinking that the same result could be achieved by the following. 1 Set up the new surface laptop 2 Use new laptop to to create USB bootable drive using the same recovery tool, but this time leave the box selected to backup system files too. 3 Shutdown PC 4 Replace SSD 5 Boot from USB. I'm not saying that this method is better. I'm just trying to increase my knowledge along the way. Thanks
@@upward-trend kind of, you'd just be using this device as the PC to create the Surface recovery media and copy it over to usb. The only files you would need to back up are from your user profile(s).
@@upward-trend you'd boot from USB with the recovery media on it. Try to find a 16 or 32GB USB to avoid partitioning it. Then it's a longer process than the setup you did before, because it needs to apply the 12GB image to the new SSD first, then after that it is just like Windows setup Out of Box Experience (OOBE aka sysprep specialization) after that.
I'm having good luck with the Silicon Power UD90 2TB SSD and have been using it with heavy read/write loads in video editing for 2+ months, but someone in the comments reported an issue with the same SSD. I only have the one option to feed back on.
Hi Jeremy. What's been your experience with the fan noise? Is the fan always on, or off until you do heavy processing? My intention is to use it for music recording, so it's essential to know if its convenient to buy this or not. Many thanks!
I honestly haven't noticed the fan and I'm pretty sensitive to fan noise. I have an HP Spectre 4k laptop that drove me crazy with fan noise, but after hours of troubleshooting I found a firmware fix. This Surface Laptop is inaudible to me in a slightly audio treated room, even when I render video.
I am really sorry to bother you, looking at other videos, this person in this video recommends that we should put a cover around the disk for heating purposes, do you think I should do that to the disk that you recommended or do you think I will be fine without it? thanks just looking for suggestions to make sure I do it right. ruclips.net/video/vapcUGSrPJo/видео.html
It's no bother. I don't have a perfect or scientific answer. I didn't transfer that cladding to mine. I don't think it hurts to transfer that over, but I personally haven't had any issues now in 3 months of hard use. Many of the laptops I've disassembled over the years don't have the cladding and it's a shared part for other Surface devices with 2230 SSDs where spaces are tighter, but it is there in the original design. The Pro has tighter space than the laptop, so it would benefit more. I wanted to keep the original as-is with cladding in case I did need to go back to the 512GB SSD. My sample size is just 1, so I can't speak to every use case or test environment.
@@DeployJeremy thanks, I just saw another video where they removed the caddling from the original and place it on the new one, gonna do that. I appreciate brother.
I didn't transfer the shielding over. I have been punishing my SL7 with video rendering almost daily for 2 months now and no issues. It gets a little hot when I upscale a long 1080p video to 4K, but not to the point of throttling or thermal shutdown. That process involves thousands of reads, writes and processes per second.
I thought about that, but it's a more difficult approach than a clean image install. I hadn't run through sysprep specialization so there is nothing on the OE drive I needed to keep. If you've specialized, you'll need to disable bde protectors prior to removing the drive to clone it.
Hi Jeremy. After upgrading to 2tb(WD-SN770M) on the same model as the video. I'm facing constant blue screen errors. Is it because of my SSD upgrade? Or something else?
Mine is Snapdragon CPU, and I cannot get the USB boot to start OS installation on the new SSD. Is that because I need ARM64 version of OS installation? Where do I get it? The laptop does not boot from the USB.
Did you prepare your USB with an active FAT32 partition 32GB or less and get Windows installation recovery media for your device like I demonstrated in this video? AMD64 installation media won't work on an ARM device.
@@darren6028 that's not accurate. If there is damage caused by the modification or the new SSD is the part claimed for warranty or service, then the warranty would not apply. I've not damaged the device doing this and retained the OE SSD to reinstall that if I did make a claim.
@@DeployJeremy That is interesting. This is not the response I got from MS when I asked them. According to MS (and a few previews pre launch) it was explained that removing the SSD in this generation SL would void the warranty, but not the SLP11. I assume the tape across the SSD is for warranty checker. Do you happen to know where we can find the info you said about damage by modification please, that would be helpful to rebut what MS are saying.
@@darren6028 Look up the Magnusson-Moss Warranty act. It basically protects all sorts of consumer products, its used a lot in car warranties where people swap different oil filters etc. Unless the part you swapped can be proven to cause the damage, it will not void the warranty.
It appears possible, but it's not nearly as easy as the current Surface Pro devices with the trap door behind the kickstand. You'll need to heat up and pry off the screen. www.ifixit.com/Guide/Microsoft+Surface+Pro+4+SSD+Drive+Replacement/60383 I wouldn't recommend it at this stage in its life. Windows 10 will also be out of support in a little over a year, too, and SP4s chipset isn't supported on Windows 11.
There is a small piece of foam that runs along the top of the plug. I would guess that it prevents rattling and cushions the plug from the back panel if the back panel or any force from above causes flexion.
@@tonypalus It's lost some adhesion and the corners are a bit curled from what I can tell, so I don't think it could be "perfectly" re-applied. I did keep the tape and foam piece in an SSD enclosure - again in case I ever need it.
I used a Silicon Power SSD. I selected it purely based on customer reviews, price and delivery time. I don't really have a preference and there are likely faster SSDs out there. I also kept the OE SSD with the factory image still on it in case I need it later.
@@DeployJeremy also important for the SP11 and SL7 (or mobile devices in general) what power modes are available for the SSD. As an example: Mobile mode: with ASPM enabled from Techpowerup Corsair Mini: 92mW vs SN770M: 989mW I purchased the WD SN770M and then realized that it doesn't go into ASPM and hovers at 1W in idle mode, while the Corsair is able to go into mobile mode and only hovers below 0.1W in idle mode. Certainly some impact in battery life. Will check the specs of the Silicon Power next. If I find them, I'll add this here. edit: if it's the UD90 2230, then it doesn't go below 0.5-0.7W - maybe not too bad. tomshardware /pc-components/ssds/silicon-power-ud90-2230-ssd-review/2
There are none and probably never will be due to the crazy power draw needed would cause random shut downs and blue screens. This already happening with some of the gen 4 M.2 2230s now.
Thanks. Yes, I've installed Windows a few times and taken quite a few devices apart. It's been a solid SSD swap though for 2+ months of video rendering and upscaling. I don't want to jinx it, but no support needed so far. 🙂
Thank you. This video was straightforward and "idiot proof." Exactly what i needed. Question: do you recommend a specific brand for the new SSD?
I don't tbh, because I haven't tested enough of them. I used a Silicon Power unit, but there were more expensive options possibly with faster read write speeds. I optimized for customer reviews and price.
Take a SSD vom a reputable Manufacturer. Because a reliable SSD is so so important. Data Loss because SSD Failure is Not Nice
@@QWERTYQwertz852 I used a WD SN770M and got a lot of blue-screens, had to go back to the factory-SSD. Reputable seems not enough ...
For anybody looking to do this, Corsair have recently launched the MP600 MINI 2230 2TB Gen4x4 ssd with a claimed 7,000MB/s read and 6,200MB/s write which looks to be the first 2230 drive to match the speed of decent 2280 sized drives. I haven't seen actual benchmarks of it yet though.
Just looked it up and can’t find anything on this model matching the speed you mentioned. Where can I find this?
@@goatslayer85 Looks like my link was removed? It's on the Corsair UK website, search filter on 2TB drives. It's not the version with "Core" in the name, just MP600 MINI 2TB.
@@goatslayer85 It's on the Corsair UK website.
Its out there, its called the mp600 mini. Its confusing because the older 2tb, with qlc and an older controller is called the "core mini". They are coming out with an updated 1tb based on this mini soon, but the 2 TB is available, I just picked one up.
@@spin_kick I've tried five times to reply with more details but my comments just vanish. Very weird.
The whole time I was watching the video, I was wondering why your voice sounded so familiar. You're the Microsoft Mechanics channel host!
thanks for this :) despite trying to use the wrong screwdriver for like ten minutes I was able to get the screws out pretty easily and do the swap! Very simple guide
I just ordered a Surface 11 Gen Laptop and was curious to see how straightforward it would be to upgrade. It's very straightforward but I have to compliment you on the quality and content of your video. I retired after 36 years in IT as a CTO for one of the largest computer manufacturers in the world. I must say.... You did an AWESOME Job ! Can't wait to watch your other videos. Hopefully you'll add revision videos as the newer versions of hardware are released if there are nuances which require alternative installation methods!
@@georgegulyas7576 thank you for the compliment and glad it helped. This is the easiest Surface Laptop so far, previous generations required the keyboard deck to be lifted and zif connectors for keyboard and trackpad to be removed. Surface Pro SSD swap is even easier than this one, with the SSD trap door under the kickstand.
Worked for me with a 1 tb Sabrent ssd; thank you for making this walkthrough! Super easy compared to micro centers video. Saved $300
Hey Jeremy, these instructions for SSD replacement are incredibly easy to follow. Thanks. I'm actually considering getting one myself. Now, here's my quick question: Do Copilot+ PCs have capabilities similar to Nvidia's 'Chat with RTX'?
Thanks, glad it helped. There are 40+ local models in a Copilot+ PC, including the Phi 3 Silica small language model. That said, for pure text-only chat, I don't believe there is a front-end app for it. When you use things like Cocreator in Paint, it's using the local small language model.
Great video Jeremy
I will probably get the Surface laptop 7 with 256GB SSD then upgrade to 1TB rather than go for the model with 1TB ready installed. Works out cheaper and then I end up with a spare SSD.
Can anyone give me the specs for the original SSD ? I want to make sure the one I buy is of comparable quality.
The one I am looking at getting is Seagate FireCuda 520N 1TB 2230 M.2 NVMe Gen4. It has a read speed of 4800 MBps and is PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4.
Any comments most appreciated. Thanks
I don't know the performance specs of the OE SSD tbh. Someone in comments claimed it's a Samsung SSD, but I cannot verify.
thanks for the video, do you think this SSD drive works with the new surface pro 11 x plus
It should be the same, but the SSD much easier to access under the kickstand. So it's a faster and simpler swap
@@DeployJeremy thanks for quick reply , gonna try it
Very good video thanks!!! I used a 2TB WD SN770M for my Surface 11 Pro and got a lot of blue-screens. So went back to the factory SSD after 1 week (I thought it was a software-issue first, and re-installed 2 times, a lot of wasted time!). I also noted, that Microsoft's SSD has a shielding on the bottom. Any SSD brand you can recommend?
@andikunar7183 I'm using the Silicon Power UD90 2TB and have been running it daily and pretty hard doing video editing and rendering and have had no issues. I didn't want to put a link to it in the description until I ran it for some time. I also didn't attempt to transfer the shielding
@@DeployJeremy thanks a lot!
I did exactly the same, I used a 2TB WD SN770M for my Surface 11 Pro 256 and got a lot of blue-screens. did you find an ssd that works perfectly?
@@remyfrt for now I'm staying with the 256GB because I have little time for another fresh setup, and I really don't need the space on this machine. I'm on Macs, this is my back-to-Windows testing and development machine. FYI the WD then also did not work reliably in a USB3.2 SSD-enclosure with my Macs and got sent back. DeployJeremy suggested the UD90.
thank you once again , I just would like to let everyone know that , I tried 4 times and I had to return it to the SSD drive that came with the surface pro 11 , this SSD drive did not work for me , the rest of the information is helpful. the laptop never recognized the ssd drive , so I had to change it to the original,, going to try another brand, to be continued, thanks
Sorry to hear that. Did you use the Silicon Power UD90 or something else?
@@DeployJeremy I tried posting the link, which is the same one you describe , but no worries , thank you I got it back anyway which is what I was afraid.
@@StudyYourself Aside from faulty hardware, I'm not sure why it wasn't recognized. I bought a USB enclosure at the same time for the original SSD and if you have one of those, I'd test it on a running system using diskpart list disk or the disk management tool. I didn't need to do any pre-partitioning on mine, but maybe it needs that?
@@DeployJeremy it is all good brother , thank you so much, I went to bestbuy and bought the WD - BLACK SN770M 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 2230 for ROG Ally and Steam Deck, and after a couple of hours , all is well with the Universe , hahahhaha, also for future pointers, the surface pro 11 only comes with type c options and if someone does it in the future they gotta use the one on the bottom because the laptop wont recognize the top option for recovery drive, thank you gonna enjoy my laptop now
@@DeployJeremy thank you brother for all your help, today I went and bough -WD - BLACK SN770M 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 2230 for ROG Ally and Steam Deck from bestbuy , and it worked like a charm, now the surface pro 11 , only comes with 2 type connections for future reference tell everyone to use the one on the bottom because the laptop did not recognize the one on top, so for now going to enjoy my laptop with all that space, thanks again
Update
I decided to go for the Silicon Power SSD as Jeremy did. The whole process was really easy folowing his clear instructions.
My new Surface laptop with new SSD ran great for about 5 days without a hitch untill it didnt.
It suddenly stopped working and came up with a Blue screen. "Couldnt find a bootable operating system.....
There was nothing I could do about it, so I swopped it back out with the original SSD. Now all seems to be good again.
I suspect that the SSD developed a fault.
Even if I were to try and manage to reboot it, I dont think I could trust it again.
Will try to return it and get a refund from Amazon.
Anyone care to give further advice ?
Easiest upgrade evva - I went with the 1TB drive, more than plenty for what I am using it for. I got my 15" with the 256Gb version, because it saved me 410 CAD.
There is no 256 for 15 inch
@@casypp3710 I just got the 15 inch with 256. Appears there is.
Excellent tutorial
I don't understand - if you wanted to upgrade the SSD anyways, why you didn't buy the base configuration with 256GB, but instead you chose to buy 512GB model for 200$ more?
I wanted the blue color. The 256GB isn't offered in the blue
Why not just make the recovery USB from the surface itself? No need to download anything it already has the ability built-in from the internal recovery partition. I also see you didn't put the original EFI shield over the new SSD
Would I be correct in thinking that the same result could be achieved by the following.
1 Set up the new surface laptop
2 Use new laptop to to create USB bootable drive using the same recovery tool, but this time leave the box selected to backup system files too.
3 Shutdown PC
4 Replace SSD
5 Boot from USB.
I'm not saying that this method is better. I'm just trying to increase my knowledge along the way.
Thanks
@@upward-trend kind of, you'd just be using this device as the PC to create the Surface recovery media and copy it over to usb. The only files you would need to back up are from your user profile(s).
@DeployJeremy If I didn't back up my user files, I would just need to do the windows setup again?
@@upward-trend you'd boot from USB with the recovery media on it. Try to find a 16 or 32GB USB to avoid partitioning it. Then it's a longer process than the setup you did before, because it needs to apply the 12GB image to the new SSD first, then after that it is just like Windows setup Out of Box Experience (OOBE aka sysprep specialization) after that.
Thank you, great video.
Can you please suggest best SSD for this replacement? and also provide links for compatible SSDs.
Thanks in advance.
I'm having good luck with the Silicon Power UD90 2TB SSD and have been using it with heavy read/write loads in video editing for 2+ months, but someone in the comments reported an issue with the same SSD. I only have the one option to feed back on.
great video, just confirming, this is the snapdragon elite model laptop?, not the Intel business one?
@@chrisowens6161 correct, it's the 7th edition with Qualcomm CPU
Hi Jeremy. What's been your experience with the fan noise? Is the fan always on, or off until you do heavy processing? My intention is to use it for music recording, so it's essential to know if its convenient to buy this or not. Many thanks!
I honestly haven't noticed the fan and I'm pretty sensitive to fan noise. I have an HP Spectre 4k laptop that drove me crazy with fan noise, but after hours of troubleshooting I found a firmware fix. This Surface Laptop is inaudible to me in a slightly audio treated room, even when I render video.
Thanks this is very helpful!❤
I am really sorry to bother you, looking at other videos, this person in this video recommends that we should put a cover around the disk for heating purposes, do you think I should do that to the disk that you recommended or do you think I will be fine without it? thanks just looking for suggestions to make sure I do it right.
ruclips.net/video/vapcUGSrPJo/видео.html
It's no bother. I don't have a perfect or scientific answer. I didn't transfer that cladding to mine. I don't think it hurts to transfer that over, but I personally haven't had any issues now in 3 months of hard use. Many of the laptops I've disassembled over the years don't have the cladding and it's a shared part for other Surface devices with 2230 SSDs where spaces are tighter, but it is there in the original design. The Pro has tighter space than the laptop, so it would benefit more. I wanted to keep the original as-is with cladding in case I did need to go back to the 512GB SSD. My sample size is just 1, so I can't speak to every use case or test environment.
@@DeployJeremy thanks, I just saw another video where they removed the caddling from the original and place it on the new one, gonna do that. I appreciate brother.
Thanks! Would you suggest using the old heatsink or is it fine to just place it inside without any shielding? How are your SSD temps?
I didn't transfer the shielding over. I have been punishing my SL7 with video rendering almost daily for 2 months now and no issues. It gets a little hot when I upscale a long 1080p video to 4K, but not to the point of throttling or thermal shutdown. That process involves thousands of reads, writes and processes per second.
Great - thank you!
Aww man FAT32 and NTFS haven’t heard those acronyms used since my college student days doing labs. So that’s like almost 25 years ago.
Too bad I can't do the same with RAM. Development with docker with 16GB is a pain. So I have to fork out the 1000€ premium to get the 500€ 1TB drive.
I’m going to do this but instead of recovering I’ll just mirror the drives then extend the partition
I thought about that, but it's a more difficult approach than a clean image install. I hadn't run through sysprep specialization so there is nothing on the OE drive I needed to keep. If you've specialized, you'll need to disable bde protectors prior to removing the drive to clone it.
Hi Jeremy. After upgrading to 2tb(WD-SN770M) on the same model as the video. I'm facing constant blue screen errors. Is it because of my SSD upgrade? Or something else?
@@47umershaikh7 what is the stated bluescreen error? Did you use the Surface recovery media? I haven't had a bluescreen yet
Mine is Snapdragon CPU, and I cannot get the USB boot to start OS installation on the new SSD. Is that because I need ARM64 version of OS installation? Where do I get it? The laptop does not boot from the USB.
Did you prepare your USB with an active FAT32 partition 32GB or less and get Windows installation recovery media for your device like I demonstrated in this video? AMD64 installation media won't work on an ARM device.
thanks!
I'm surprised that harddrive replacement is user friendly
On the Microsoft website there is no option to download the image for the laptop 7. How were you able to get it?
@@JosefCreations It must have went by too quickly, 1:21 in. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@DeployJeremy well thanks for responding but I meant that in the dropdown the actual option for laptop 7 isnt there.
@@JosefCreations It was there in June. I haven't checked since, but I wouldn't know why it would be pulled down
@@DeployJeremy weird, thanks anywho
Not sure if you mentioned it, but replacing the SSD voids the warranty on the SL7.
@@darren6028 that's not accurate. If there is damage caused by the modification or the new SSD is the part claimed for warranty or service, then the warranty would not apply. I've not damaged the device doing this and retained the OE SSD to reinstall that if I did make a claim.
@@DeployJeremy That is interesting. This is not the response I got from MS when I asked them. According to MS (and a few previews pre launch) it was explained that removing the SSD in this generation SL would void the warranty, but not the SLP11. I assume the tape across the SSD is for warranty checker. Do you happen to know where we can find the info you said about damage by modification please, that would be helpful to rebut what MS are saying.
@@darren6028 aka.ms/surface-warranty
@@darren6028 Look up the Magnusson-Moss Warranty act. It basically protects all sorts of consumer products, its used a lot in car warranties where people swap different oil filters etc. Unless the part you swapped can be proven to cause the damage, it will not void the warranty.
Hey mate. I thought i'd responded to someones post but couldnt remember typing it. Hello Doppelgänger!
Can I upgrade my Microsoft surface Pro 4 storage? From 512gb to 1tb?
It appears possible, but it's not nearly as easy as the current Surface Pro devices with the trap door behind the kickstand. You'll need to heat up and pry off the screen. www.ifixit.com/Guide/Microsoft+Surface+Pro+4+SSD+Drive+Replacement/60383 I wouldn't recommend it at this stage in its life. Windows 10 will also be out of support in a little over a year, too, and SP4s chipset isn't supported on Windows 11.
Anyone know what model the 1tb that comes in this device is? Would be nice to check for firmware updates
To answer my own question and to help the algo, The 1tb it comes with is this: MZ9L41T0HBLB-00BMV-SAMSUNGHXC75M0Q
Why don’t you just use data migration?
@@AlibabaGamerdrive cloning? there was no state to migrate. Reimaging is easier in this case.
What do you think is the purpose of the black tape on the SSD? Does it help with thermal management?
There is a small piece of foam that runs along the top of the plug. I would guess that it prevents rattling and cushions the plug from the back panel if the back panel or any force from above causes flexion.
@@DeployJeremy is the tape re-usable in case you need to put back the original SSD for warranty claims?
@@tonypalus It's lost some adhesion and the corners are a bit curled from what I can tell, so I don't think it could be "perfectly" re-applied. I did keep the tape and foam piece in an SSD enclosure - again in case I ever need it.
@@DeployJeremy Could you use some electrical tape to keep the foam in place?
What brand SSD was used?
I used a Silicon Power SSD. I selected it purely based on customer reviews, price and delivery time. I don't really have a preference and there are likely faster SSDs out there. I also kept the OE SSD with the factory image still on it in case I need it later.
@@DeployJeremy Good M.2 2230 SSD. A good 5000 read speed and a solid 3200 write speed.
@@DeployJeremy also important for the SP11 and SL7 (or mobile devices in general) what power modes are available for the SSD. As an example:
Mobile mode:
with ASPM enabled from Techpowerup
Corsair Mini: 92mW vs SN770M: 989mW
I purchased the WD SN770M and then realized that it doesn't go into ASPM and hovers at 1W in idle mode, while the Corsair is able to go into mobile mode and only hovers below 0.1W in idle mode. Certainly some impact in battery life. Will check the specs of the Silicon Power next. If I find them, I'll add this here.
edit: if it's the UD90 2230, then it doesn't go below 0.5-0.7W - maybe not too bad. tomshardware /pc-components/ssds/silicon-power-ud90-2230-ssd-review/2
can we do that with RAM?
Unfortunately no. RAM is soldered to the board.
wiil this ssd work on a surface laptop 3, dont know the edition?
It should, but I have not tested it. It's a 2230 m.2 SSD and SL3 is disassembled a little differently from the keyboard side.
Ok thanks
Will gen 5 SSD work well, too?
I haven't seen a Gen 5 in the shorter 2230 m.2 form factor tbh.
There are none and probably never will be due to the crazy power draw needed would cause random shut downs and blue screens. This already happening with some of the gen 4 M.2 2230s now.
How big an ssd can you add?
2TB appears to be the largest for the 2230 form factor. The normal, longer ones are bigger and can also be faster.
Do all this without making a ssd benchmark...
I doubt it's faster than the OE SSD, I primarily wanted capacity, even if the speeds are the same or slightly less.
😂 I’d say you’re very over qualified and have a great internal support system around you if you should need it
Thanks. Yes, I've installed Windows a few times and taken quite a few devices apart. It's been a solid SSD swap though for 2+ months of video rendering and upscaling. I don't want to jinx it, but no support needed so far. 🙂
Awesome video sub = yes