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Surface Pro 8 BSOD After upgrading SSD

Anonymous
2021-10-31T14:07:09+00:00

Hey everyone,

I recently got an i7 Surface Pro 8 with 256gb of storage, and got a 1tb WD CH SN530 SSD, and after transferring my files and Windows to an external driving, then transferring to the new SSD, I am getting crashes constantly. I have not been able to see what the crash reason is on the BSOD due to it booting back up too quickly, but it never happened until I got this new SSD.

I have tried doing a factory reset, and reinstalling Windows, to no success.

I also thought maybe it was overheating, and got a small heatsink for it, and applied thermal paste, but still to no success.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I purchased the 256gb version with the full intent to replace the SSD and get more storage.

Thanks everyone!

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-18T07:50:00+00:00

    Since no further info or solution was offered, i've left the original 256Gb drive inside and shelved the 1Tb drive. The "replaceable drive" feature is purely marketing and I fell for it.

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  2. Barb Bowman 80,795 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-10-31T15:09:34+00:00

    The only official guidance is at SSD removal in compatible Surface devices - Surface | Microsoft Docs

    That said, Microsoft's intention was to replace "like for like" using authorized commercial spares. This article Introducing SSD Commercial Spares for Surface Pro 7+ - Microsoft Tech Community is for the SP7+ but applies to the SP8 as well.

    There is also Need a M.2 2230 SSD? – Upgrade Surface Laptop 3/4/Go, ProX/Pro7+/Pro8, Steam Deck, etc. to 1TB SSD for ~$130-$220 – Dan S. Charlton (wordpress.com)

    That said, did you reimage the new drive using a downloadable recovery image or did you use a different process?

    (There really is no official support for replacing with a larger SSD, but..)

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-04-24T01:24:03+00:00

    I upgraded my 128GB drive to 512GB using the Toshiba/Kioxia drive I purchased on Amazon. You can also get it on eBay (1 TB). There may be compatibiity issues with other brand drives. I used the MS Win Pro 8 recovey image to setup the new drive. I was unsuccessful imaging the old drive to the new drive using various cloning software. Works well and no issues.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9vp_lRsD5I

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-21T18:51:02+00:00

    We've been able to repeat the same issue here on Surface Pro 8. Upgraded using the WD CH SN530 m.2 2230 1TB and getting both throttling and/or BSOD exhibited with this drive. Makes no sense that SP8 is that uber-sensitive to this drive. We've got four of these drives and have had the same experience with 2 out of 4 which seems to indicate that it is a compatibility issue and not the drives specifically.

    Hopefully, some future updates to SP8 will widen the support for WD SSD replacement drives in this unit.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-12-01T10:38:44+00:00

    Same problem here - no idea if it's a bad drive or something different. I received mostly the following BSODs:

    • 340 (UNEXPECTED_STORE_EXCEPTION)
    • 59 (SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION)
    • 122 (KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR)

    Hopefully this will help someone investigate the problem while I try to troubleshoot this myself.

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