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Hi guys. Hope someone could give me a bit of advice regarding Surface Pro SSD replacement. I was given a 1st Gen Surface Pro 256GB tablet with a dead SSD for free. The unit is in excellent condition and boxed, so I was quite keen to repair it. Using the iFixit guide I managed to remove the screen/digitizer without damaging the assembly or the ribbons. Now my question is this - can I use any make msata SSD to replace the dead one? Are there any makes I should stay away from for reasons such as bios detection issues, booting problems, etc… Thanks in advance.
The term “msata” means mini sata, so there should be no issues with any msata drive as it uses the standard sata interface, that said if I were to make a recommendation I would say get either a Samsung SSD or an intel one, preferably of the MLC or v-nand (also know as : 3D-vertical) flash type as they have the best speed to reliability and pretty good capacity as well Here is a good one… you can change the capacity, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
