Upgrading the Surface Laptop Go's 64GB eMMC Storage, GREAT Results!

[@John-dg7zx]

All youtubers are saying don't buy this laptop because of the memory, but you can solve the problem better. You are the best. Thanks a lot

[@innoiso]

Thank you! Yes I'm super impressed with how great of a laptop this turned out to be, still using it today!

[@labadaba5088]

Just FYI, conventionally speaking, computer memory refers to the memory in RAM(random-access memory), while storage refers to drives in which data is written to for long term storage without power. RAM requires constant power and loses its data without power while storage drives such as SSDs, HDDs or even DVDs can retain data without power.

[@Maximus20778]

@@labadaba5088 I am also random

[@18thSTVATO]

@@innoiso just snagged it up for a great deal thanks for your videos

[@photog12345]

I bought one of these used for 140 US dollars with the intention of upgrading the SSD. I was worried about destroying the rubber feet. After a little google time, I found replacement rubber feet directly from Microsoft for $13.00 shipped. Problem solved.

[@hard2bear3110]

Felt your pain when the rubber snapped! Thanks for the video, won't be something I'd attempt, but interesting to see it done non the less!

[@innoiso]

Apparently Microsoft offers replacements for the Surface Laptop 3 and 4 line for those under warranty, hopefully they do the same for the Laptop Go! But yes, it was very painful because I love this little laptop!

[@hard2bear3110]

@@innoiso fingers crossed for you then! I really like it too. Just not sure what I want to go for. Currently have a desktop but would like a laptop to replace it. Don't really need portability other than around the house so not sure whether to aim for the Surface 4 13.5 inch line or not 🤔

[@fouedbendaya5431]

@@innoiso did they?

[@innoiso]

They didn't! Unfortunately they just have replacements for the Laptops 3 and 4

[@Hayhayokaykay]

I love this laptop a lot, it’s built well, but I think it has more potential then what it’s got out of the box, even with the 8gb mode

[@jessdavis2677]

I got this laptop as a lottery prize from my landlord and I love that it runs far smoother than my ancient 00s lenovo, but the paltry memory made me think there's far more it could do if the right upgrades were implemented. Props to you for showing that's the case, will be holding out for a good SSD to install in the future (with a little technical help.)

[@TomRedknap]

I just upgraded mine to a 1TB SSD harvested from a Tuff Nano SSD storage drive. No issues - all is good!

[@innoiso]

Great job!

[@CaptainVelveeta]

You are about the most normal person I've ever seen on KZbin...thanks for making this video.

[@innoiso]

Thank you! Not a compliment I get every day, but I appreciate it!

[@paganfamily]

Thank you for this video. I have updated my Surface Laptop Go twice. Once with a 128gb and now with a nice 512gb m.2 drive.

[@fishingcole3205]

Do you have fps drops every 2 mins? I do.

[@MaheshKodituwakku]

Thanks lot! i upgrade my Surface go Laptop(64GB/i5 /Model number 1943) to 256 GB

[@jordanchaq]

Great, informative video. Glad you were able to figure this out and help others do the same. But overall I'm disappointed by the design here by Microsoft. There is no need for it to be this complicated to upgrade storage or ram. I've upgraded these components on dozens of laptops without hassle, but even with this teardown as a guide I'm not personally comfortable attempting this fix for a family member who needs more storage for the work they do. If it was my own laptop I'd likely take the risk but for someone else who relies on their device I'd be quite hesitant to try this.

[@e-ben616]

Honestly, this was like watching a thriller movie. I kept gasping and holding my breath many times. Great video though. I have a surface go with a broken screen I was deciding between getting the surface laptop go or simply replacing my screen

[@innoiso]

Hah thank you it felt like I was in a thriller movie! And I'm sorry to hear that, I'd say depending on the specs of your Go, the Laptop Go could be a big upgrade

[@e-ben616]

@@innoiso it's 8Gb and 128SSD. Seems like same specs. Any advantage of the laptop go over the tablet?

[@innoiso]

The laptop go has a 10th gen Core i5 where the Go just has a Core M3 or a Pentium Gold. In my experience, the extra processing power of the laptop go makes a real difference

[@poplix2704]

@@e-ben616 idk if ur still searching but upgrade right now its cyber monday

[@spfxdog]

These Laptops are now around 150.00 refurbished so if you use the storage you used and the tool kit and the tape you may have 220.00 in it which is cheap. I am wondering if it is worth the effort when you can pickup a faster allthough bigger and heavier laptop from a pawnshop for 200.00. Also i read that the version 2 can be updated to windows 11 but i don't think this version will let you. Is that the case? Thanks for taking the time to do this video it was very informative and impressive performance boost!

[@iancho7115]

Thanks to your video, I could upgrade the storage of my surface laptop go 64 emmc model! Thank you so much!

[@innoiso]

What did you upgrade it to?

[@iancho7115]

@@innoiso to 256 ssd :) same as yours!

[@innoiso]

Good job!

[@jantube358]

Very well done! Great video, well prepared. Thanks for sharing your learnings. Thumbs up! I am thinking about to get the eMMC version for office use and this helps with the decision.

[@innoiso]

It's a great machine!

[@nuwan007lk]

Thanks for the Informative video and yes we all felt your pain when you broke the rubber feet...

[@innoiso]

Thanks for watching! And yes it was a bummer but the laptop still works great thankfully!

[@amcg1109]

Thank you! bought the Surface Go for my daughter and kept crashing. replaced the storage with bigger capacity per your guidance and installed Ubuntu Linux on it. Going great now - much happier!!

[@innoiso]

Great to hear!

[@rballwv]

referenced your video during my upgrade, i was lucky, no broken anything, thanks for the video!

[@DavidM2002]

Try heating up those rubber strips with a hair dryer; that will soften the adhesive and make removal easier and safer. Start at one end; once it's soft, lift up and then continue heating and gently lifting until the strip comes free.

[@akikaurismaki_]

Gees, thanks a lot for this tutorial! Just did the same by myself upgrading to 512gb. Idk why but my way to the disk went much easier (especially removing rubbers and opening laptop) - using exactly same chinese toolkit. 🙃 You did great job!

[@innoiso]

Great job yourself! Hope you're loving that extra bit of space

[@fishingcole3205]

Do you have fps drops after upgrade? I have them every 2 mins.

[@gobstopr1]

Great video. I upgraded my surface go following your instructions. All the detailed comments were very helpful.

[@innoiso]

Glad I could help!

[@josephmpereira]

I was successful with SK Hynix 256GB PCIe NVMe 30mm SSD BC511 2230 HFM256GDGTNI 23.99 dollars on Ebay upgrade planning on 1GB down the road Read speeds was 300,78 NOW 2227.43 and write speeds of was 155,89 NOW 783,90 from Cystal Thank you so much no issues at all also 5mm 3m double sided tape dose the trick on the feet

[@josephmpereira]

Will use better drives down the road for faster speeds Thanks again can live with increase in speeds for now: )

[@josephmpereira]

Specs 4GB of RAM, 64GB of eMMC storage NOW 4GB of RAM, 256GB PCIe NVMe 30mm SSD BC511 2230 HFM256GDGTN (SMOKING)

[@innoiso]

Congrats and good job! Ill check out the tape!

[@josephmpereira]

@@innoiso Thank you

[@Anakinmanakin]

@Joseph 1GB seems pretty Small :)

[@luiscatalan4823]

Hey man, thank you very much for your video. Really helps a lot. I have the 4/64 version, I got this model because for $700 (4/128) you actually get a better one than the surface. I needed to go off the S mode because I have some hardware that I needed to install and the mode s basically didnt allow me and that's when problems came... so as you, I love this laptop, size and weight and with your help I know how to improve it!!

[@innoiso]

Happy to help!

[@Scott-qf3bu]

Great work, good to see the process of an upgrade with a real person

[@innoiso]

Thank you!

[@Subh8081]

I was looking for videos on upgrade of Surface Go laptop and found this. You look like Jay Leno, but in more positive ways than Jay Leno ever did!

[@japhethjay4880]

at the start when u were getting off the rubber feets, you could have applied some heat, that should have helped with the adhesive and maybe not break the rubber feet

[@FrancisOni]

Pry the rubber with your hands with the tape still stuck to it, its going to be less messy putting it back just be slow and careful. I just did everything you did, thanks for the teardown.

[@Watch4Me]

I felt your relief after getting the keyboard off. Well done.

[@innoiso]

Thank you! Was scary at first

[@nelson1oneify]

Thank you for this video it was very helpful. I got my surface upgraded to 256gb keep it up

[@DJ-gz9rb]

Thanks alot this took less that 30 mins and is well worth the upgrade.

[@innoiso]

Glad I could help!!! Great job!

[@ronstewtsaw]

Courage is a willingness to press forward when you are afraid. Dude, you are a braver man than me. But you have convinced me to get the wife a 128 GB model for light use, knowing that it can be upgraded if necessary. This will replace her first-generation Surface Pro.

[@innoiso]

Haha it was the fear of living with 64GB that drove me. And awesome, let me know what you end up thinking!

[@LeftyPencil]

Did you end up upgrading it?

[@Zgembo121]

great video, very detailed and professional, i loved that your shared all the documentaion and parts used. thank you

[@photolabguy]

I just purchased this laptop. Found a 512gb ssd on ebay that will fit in here. Thank you for this guide!

[@innoiso]

Besf of luck! Be sure to check Microsoft's official guide linked in the description as well!

[@photolabguy]

@innoiso Installed the 512gb ssd. It was only $83 on ebay. The keyboard, and the sad cover were a bit difficult to remove. I was also very careful not to tear the bottom rubber strips, but I tore the thinner one. SSD benchmarks are also much higher than the stock 128gb drive. Thank you again!

[@innoiso]

@@photolabguy great job! Glad to hear the project was a success!

[@kofibonsu8466]

can you provide the link to the 512gb ssd you found pls

[@photolabguy]

@@kofibonsu8466 it's still $83 on ebay. Let us know how it goes!

[@MrFastFox666]

All I'm asking is why. Why would Micerosoft need to hide the screws under the rubber pads, and why the stupid plastic clips? MS could easily just put a nice looking screw next to the rubber feet, like many other computers, and use weaker clips on the deck. No one will complain about 7 visible screws if they look nice (even MacBooks have them!) and since you already have screws holding on a metal deck, the plastic clips are completely unnecessary. I guess they gotta give you a better reason to buy their more expensive models

[@mmh-1453]

If you heat up the clue at the rupperthing, i thinks its easier to pull off

[@axllebeer]

Dude! Thanks for the video. I have the Go in the 256 GB flavor but I want to go all out. I have seen a few of these with he deck off on KZbin but nothing as detailed as your video. Has helped me greatly! Also, I had no idea that the 64 GB version was upgradable. I thought that it was soldered to the board. My mother has the 64 GB version and now I know that I can indeed help her as well.

[@innoiso]

Glad I could help! I'm no expert, so figured I'd share the video for people like me who are figuring it out as they go. The upgraded storage makes a huge difference in day to day use. I saw a few websites that claimed the 64GB model was soldered, but I wanted to see for myself, and thankfully it wasn't!

[@thanhlamvu7998]

I want to upgrade to 256gig storage. Can you help me which ssd could be used for 64gb ver. mSATA or nvme gen3x4

[@MarkLeinhos]

I'll bet the RAM could be replaced too. I replaced the RAM in a different laptop that had to be soldered and it worked no problem with double the original RAM.

[@innoiso]

Would love to see it; that's just a bit out of my wheelhouse

[@robo_ghost8760]

I'm not really sure why I'm here, buy I watched the whole way through. It was pretty entertaining.

[@innoiso]

Thank you! I love watching videos that take people along for the ride, so always hope to achieve the same with my own content!

[@funkymunky]

Amateur, here. How significantly do the increased read-write speeds boost performance in terms of light-to-medium video/sound/image editing - think Canva, Shotcut, Kapwing, etc.?

[@FritznerDunois]

Thank you for your genuine demonstration.

[@esparda07]

Can you give us an update on how the upgrade is holding up? Longevity is usually the caveat when it comes to these cheap SSDs.

[@innoiso]

I've had no issues whatsoever in the last year! The Laptop Go is still running strong, now on Windows 11.

[@LeftyPencil]

@@innoiso did you also try installing Android apps? I have the model with 8gb ram and boy does it love to complain about ram "this might not work...this might not work.." Edit: plz ignore, I was referring to the surface go 1.

[@Zel912]

I upgrade mime from 128GB to 256GB today. And broke 2 plastic clips located on top of function keys. They are same as yours. See how they are placed, seems it is impossible to avoid this damage.

[@innoiso]

That's frustrating. Were you still able to get it sealed up again? I feel like Microsoft needs to update the guide to be more specific

[@Zel912]

@@innoiso they are tiny clips on top of f2 and f12 key, (or maybe f3 and f11, not quite remember exact location. will know again when i am ready to upgrade ssd to 1TB). My top cover is still be able to securely assembled. No gap, no loose, no wobble. So i think their existence is not that important. There are so many clips along the edge already. Do you find official ?guide. I don’t find one except this official video from japan kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WXgIt8q8iBh7M. But it also does not mention about the clips. And laptop in video seems like it was prepared to disassembled already.

[@rjay9293]

This guy is so down to earth and professional

[@innoiso]

Thank you!

[@ermin3963]

Those are some real ninja moves man! :) Great work!

[@innoiso]

Hah thank you, I think a ninja wouldn't have lost his tools though!

[@ermin3963]

@@innoiso lol!

[@youssefelkarkri]

are there any alternative ssd instead of this one? Can you please name some that can be used with the surface laptop?

[@MrBoraki.]

Tnx for showing us how to not miss up the rubber! I may upgrade my go2

[@Zgembo121]

i also have 4gb model... the best results i got was with linux debian gnome edition, and works great

[@innoiso]

Nice!!

[@ddavies1967]

Pretty sure I've found more than 1 video but I've looked at so much SLGo in the last few weeks, I may have imagined it. You really need to use a heat mat/ pad or similar to warm things up. That way the feet will come off easier.

[@innoiso]

I was only able to find one video with a teardown of the 8GB / 128GB model, but yeah I didn't think of a heatpad. In previous teardowns / repairs I've done I've just peeled off the rubber feet, but they haven't been this long. I usually don't break out the heat until it's really needed

[@ddavies1967]

@@innoiso Also, would probably help the plastic clips to flex rather than break. Anyway, I'm sure that when I try it, I'll break something too. Need to rebuild my old XPS first, that'll be a whole lot easier.

[@innoiso]

You might be right. Thankfully, there arent any seams around mine A couple weeks later despite those few plastic clips breaking

[@FDLSIV]

thanks to your video, it made me buy a SGL.. your video is a huge help for decision making.. btw, can you put down exactly what ssd you bought to use as replacement? will try to find one.. thank you and Merry Christmas!

[@innoiso]

I have the model I bought linked in the description, hope you love it! Merry Christmas!

[@m2n900]

Thank you so much for your video is being very helpful while I'm trying to do exactly the same thing.... I just got one quick question since you have done a lot of this in different models... Do you think or do you know if my SSD from my Surface Pro X will fit my Microsoft Surface laptop go? They are the same size but I can see that this Surface Pro X SSD has a bit of an enclosure wrapped around it? Have you tried putting one of this Surface tablets ssds into the slot of the GO to see if it fits? I would appreciate your knowledge... Thanks 👍

[@TheBelaris]

Hello and thanks for the video - going to upgrade my daughters but the link you have for the SSD is showing a different connector - one with 2 slots compared to the single that came out, can you clarify please as i am confused on what SSD to get. It was the 512 that was different

[@rkwan67]

great to know the entry surface go can be upgraded. do you mind to share what's your ram usage upon boot into the windows? curious to know if 4gb really enough..

[@innoiso]

60% memory usage on boot. I know that doesn't seem like enough, but I haven't had many issues with it in normal day to day use.

[@deepaksabu3744]

Great video. Was just wondering about the SSD Size, I see you have used M.2 2230 size. Is it possible to use like M.2 2242 or M.2 2280 size of ssd in it? I cant find it in the service guide regarding the size limit.

[@innoiso]

It needs to be a 2230 unfortunately

[@deepaksabu3744]

@@innoiso Thanks for the info.

[@iqbalrasyid1147]

A very informative and great content. I am considering of buying SFL Go with 8/128 model, and was afraid of the storage being not enough and might be in need of an upgrade. I am curious though of the maximum storage capacity, is it upgradable to 512? I don't know yet if I'll need to, but I think it'd be good to know the limit. And... Is there any issue(s) with the laptop after the video? Is everything working the way it was? Anyway thank you for the video it really helps.

[@innoiso]

I have heard others upgrading to 512 without issues, but I'm not sure I've seen the limit anywhere. The laptop still works great for me months later, and I love it

[@iqbalrasyid1147]

@@innoiso whoa that's amazing news! Thanks a lot dude!

[@John-dg7zx]

what is the model of 512 SSD for this laptop? thanks in advance

[@masaru3585]

Guys, if anyone do that. Change even the thermal paste. Because they get dry very fast, especially when no one is using it, like in shop or in warehouse

[@NossyDrelich]

pretty cool! can you upgrade the ram too?

[@rebekahciancanelli3118]

Hi! So I just did this with my surface go laptop and now when I restarted it it’s saying “couldn’t find a bootable operating system” do you know why this may be?

[@CharlesB250]

Thank you! but we need your help about this on Toshiba Satellite CL15-C1310 Laptop 11.6" Celeron 2GB RAM 32GB eMMC

[@TomLaPointe]

well done. thank you for the video.

[@innoiso]

Thank you!

[@DINU_R]

Seems like this will be my holiday project

[@innoiso]

Best of luck!

[@clarenceg.7789]

Hi. Thanks for reviews. As I see you know about that maybe you can give me answer. I have s Surface Go 3 pentium Gold 8/128gb. I know ram and memory are soldered. Is it possible to unsold ram and memory and put a bigger one? What a about the chip to change for a good i3 or i5? Thanks for your answer and greetings from Spain

[@ThanhPham-qr8pm]

Great video! With the battery do you know on whether these is glue holding down the battery?

[@clarenceg.7789]

Thanks a lot for that. I'll get my wife happy to extend her 64Gb Surface Go 1 Laptop. On Ram nothing can be done as I see right? Other question, for SO I must format all os copying all SSD on new one it's enought?

[@innoiso]

Nothing can be done about RAM, but upgrading the SSD has a positive impact on performance because the pagefile will be faster

[@clarenceg.7789]

@@innoiso Thanks for your answer. Greetings from Spain.

[@Shaikhsaif747]

After install the ssd , will i reinstall windows, if yes then how we will reinstall and what is process, can you please make a video

[@myusrn]

I just picked up a chuwi larkbox pro with 128gb emmc storage and support for m.2 2242 sata iii ssd storage. Am i going to notice a significant difference moving from the emmc to m.2 sata iii ssd storage setup under normal mostly shell navigation and browser usage activities? I read somewhere that emmc is just as fast for small reads/writes as m.2 ssd but it falls way behind when it comes to large file reads/writes is that true? Would that explain the windows 10 feature update install and post update disk cleanup processes i executed on that device appeared to take a long time?

[@fightnight14]

Can you link the materials used here? I just bought a second hand SLG 1 in 128GB but wanna go 512GB

[@BenInSeattle]

@innoiso, Thanks for the video! I found another video from Microsoft Surface Japan which also shows how to upgrade the SSD: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WXgIt8q8iBh7M It is in Japanese, but you can turn on closed captions and set KZbin to automatically translate it to English. By the way, I think your video may actually be more helpful to people as you demonstrate common mistakes that the Microsoft experts don't even mention.

[@fishingcole3205]

I got it to work, but now I get a new problem. What does it mean if my fps starts really good and fast, then the fan starts to accelerate to a point, at that point my gps goes to 2. What do I do? Thanks.

[@thechuck141]

Hairdryer would make all the rubber or adhesive easy to remove.

[@dr.nigelcool3771]

Many years ago I took apart an HP/Compaq TC4400 and ended up wrecking it by breaking a tiny cable connector latch. That was the biggest bummer in all of history. Other than that I have had good success upgrading laptops. This one looks like a nailbiter. I just got a Surface Laptop Go with 64gb emmc. Should I upgrade? I am hesitant....

[@innoiso]

Take it slow, watch a couple videos, and read the manual. Understand the concern. If it's still too nerve wracking, don't force yourself

[@dr.nigelcool3771]

@@innoiso I succeeded in putting a 256gb SSD in there. I tore one of the rubber strips and broke 1 little plastic clip, but that's okay. The thing I was most worried about was the little cable latch but I didn't break it either. Thanks a lot for the video. I couldn't use the laptop with its original 64gb of storage; the OneDrive cloud storage just wasn't working for me. Now with 256gb I can use it.

[@innoiso]

Great job! Glad I could help! Hope you love the upgrade!

[@Napoleon_Blownapart]

Charging that much for half aluminium body with bottom barrel specs, that is designed to use a destructive method of disassembling the laptop. That should be illegal.

[@TheRickyH]

thank you dude, this was a great resource.

[@innoiso]

You're welcome!

[@funkymunky]

Will it install the drivers/Windows 11 automatically if I pre-install the NVMe before booting the Go for the first time?

[@innoiso]

If you preinstall Windows before booting the Go, the most important driver that you need is the Wifi driver. If you don't have it, you'll have to plug your laptop into Ethernet to connect to the internet and start downloading all of the drivers.

[@funkymunky]

@@innoiso Thanks! Where can I D/L the driver?

[@GuestB.family]

Did replace the hard drive to 256. Went smoothly for the most part. Now i cant get the trackpad and keyboard to work. I dont see any damage done to ribbon cable. Only power button works and fn button lights but caps lock does not. Did firmware, driver updates and did multiple restore and no lock Any idea ??

[@innoiso]

If you swap back in the old drive, does the keyboard come back? That might help you figure out whether its a hardware issue or not

[@GuestB.family]

@@innoiso unfortunately it does not

[@poplix2704]

for the rubber feet removal, should i use a hair dryer to loosen up the adhesive abit?

[@innoiso]

It might help, your best bet once you get underneath is to slide a tool underneath the rubber, flush against the Surface, rather than pulling on it

[@americanjoe9767]

One question, before you upgrade the ssd, do you need to copy the older drive into new ssd? And how to do that? Can you just put blank ssd into the laptop? Than where is window stored?

[@innoiso]

Hey sorry I meant to respond to this quicker. You can either image your SSD before you make the switch (I use Macrium Reflect which has a free trial) Or you can install windows by making an USB boot drive

[@jacobstahl7467]

Great Video.. Love your detailed description. Thanks for the nice afford. Just wondering if i install a new NVME drive. how do i get the product key on a new install?

[@innoiso]

You can either clone your device beforehand, or if you log into the same Microsoft account on both devices, it should automatically recognize your product key is associated with the motherboard.

[@jacobstahl7467]

@@innoiso ok. Yah I have done that before with custom PC’s. I just figured these devices have one OEM key. Thanks allot

[@dawgrepairs2549]

Great video. Is that black laptop you have in the video another Surface Laptop Go with a skin on it? I can't quite tell.

[@innoiso]

Thank you! No it's the black model of the Surface Laptop 3!

[@ulissesjunior5280]

Do you think it's possible to add lighting to the keyboard ? maybe a few light strips between the surface and the keyboard inner deck?

[@innoiso]

That would be a huge endeavor. If I was more talented with electrical engineering I would try it. Theres probably very little space, and powering the LEDs would be difficult. I like the idea though

[@ulissesjunior5280]

@@innoiso Aw, that's a bummer! I'm loving mine but my only complain is the lack of a keyboard light :/

[@innoiso]

@@ulissesjunior5280 It is frustrating at night for sure

[@alonsomartin2061]

Clear glow in the dark keyboard cover maybe?

[@Morsificator]

Literally yesterday I bought another small form laptop, because I didn't find this video until today (well, KZbin recommended it to me today). I need a small form laptop, and the Surface would have been great, but with the old-ish CPU, and just 8 GB RAM, and 64GB eMMc storage...I was afraid it would be too slow for what I'd use it. Had I known the storage is upgradable, I think this is what I would have bought. Can any of you guys tell me if the RAM can be upgraded? Thank you very much!

[@innoiso]

Unfortunately the RAM isn't upgradeable. My system still performs alright with 4GB and the upgraded SSD, but I'm doing lighter work on it

[@emmettdaster]

i have the one with the i5 10th gen, and 8gb of ram and its great for school and everything like that

[@innoiso]

Nice! It's a great machine for the price

[@jiankuo]

following your video, your steps missed the part on how to disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable.

[@innoiso]

I tried to hold the laptop up to the camera but it was tough to see the cable. That's why I said you need to life the keyboard off slowly and disconnect the ribbon cable

[@jiankuo]

@@innoiso it the detail on how to remove the cable, needs to use a plastic pry tool to lift the latch up, then remove the cable, same as the power cable. I would also mention after reinstall the OS, download and install the Suface Laptop Go driver pack from Microsoft.

[@innoiso]

You can use your finger nail to lift the latch, but yes I didn't detail that. And you don't have to install the driver pack if you make a disk image to start, but yes that is a solution. I tried to make it clear that this is not a complete guide and the description has the official Microsoft guide

[@shifathar]

Hi! Can the ram be upgraded too ?

[@_Digitalguy]

Well done! Was busy watching the M1 reviews, but very interesting video. Waiting for you experience, even though I am not expecting much with 4GB RAM...

[@innoiso]

Thank you! Will have an update soon! You might be a little surprised

[@gerardohedz7637]

I have it, it is my secondary laptop for traveling. Also, I upgraded the ssd and configured windows to have more virtual memory from de ssd. It is not the same, but it works very well for what I need it, even I can edit video at 1080 without any problem.

[@Johnshaw2000]

Hi my friend You did great Job, I was worried, can I upgrade mine or not, you showed us, yes we can upgrade it! I wish you should try the ram, only 4GB or can it go to 8 GB and higher! But thanks for awesome video 👏👏👏👏

[@stockappswebsites7098]

is there any extra ram slot where I can solder another ram by any chance?

[@innoiso]

Unfortunately no

[@thebestjanitor1578]

will be showing this to my friend who runs a electronic store and asking for this procedure to be done on my which im typing on now. Innolso can i also upgrade my ram for this machine?

[@innoiso]

Thank you! A professional should be able to do it even better. Unfortunately the RAM is not upgradeable as it is soldered to the motherboard.

[@abhishekupadhyay5834]

Sir can you give a links to buy that ssd in India

[@simplycoldbeer]

Ok im.good at swapping in the new drive but di I need to format the new SSD card?

[@innoiso]

You need to either clone your system to it beforehand, or do a fresh install of Windows after you drop it in using a USB copy of Windows

[@AlexStall]

The SSD is not recognized after putting it in. Any idea on what I can do to get it to show up?

[@innoiso]

Can you look for it in bios?

[@josereynoso6253]

Does this upgrade the ram or do you have a video for that as well

[@innoiso]

Its not possible unfortunately

[@DeviciWasTaken]

What about the normal surface go tablet

[@innoiso]

It’s unfortunately not user-upgradable

[@DeviciWasTaken]

@@innoiso do external GPUs / CPUs work (if that exists)?

[@JagdeepSingh-sy2mh]

Brave man. The Ram can't be upgraded? What kind of NVME drive was that?

[@innoiso]

The RAM can't be upgraded, the drive is linked in the description

[@PIENSASINLIMITES]

Hi, I have a 128GB Microsoft Surface Go and I want to put a 512GB. Is it compatible?

[@Jobella12]

Thanks for this video can’t wait to upgrade my laptop. Mine already has the rubber bottom broken off so I feel I’m already ahead of the process 😂😂😂

[@innoiso]

Hahaha

[@billw.3557]

Does your recommendation of 512gb model work with this 64gb surface laptop go?

[@innoiso]

Yes!

[@Mmjjap]

If you can link where yo get the upgrade RAM and storage

[@innoiso]

RAM is now upgradable, but there's a link to the storage in the description

[@michaeljohnson1413]

Thank you very much for the great how to video.

[@innoiso]

Thank you for the watch and comment!

[@zippo00000]

Hi , do you think Laptop Go accept full size SSD ? I can see a guard can be remove ...

[@innoiso]

I saw no obvious way to remove the metal frame, which seemed like part of the motherboard. Even if you could do so, there is no place to screw in the retention screw.

[@cybcarr]

@@innoiso how long is it lasts? Heard 10-13 hours ... Is that true ?

[@saprano1972]

So, the 256gb eemc is still significantly slower than the 256gb ssd? Because I just bought the 128gb but thinking of upgrading to the 256gb since there’s just a $150 difference in price between the two laptops.

[@innoiso]

The 256GB model is not EEMC, it's an SSD just like the 128GB. I haven't tested it, but I'm guessing a third party SSD would be faster

[@saprano1972]

@@innoiso got ya, great! I’ll be moving forward and head to the store right now to upgrade to the 256gb ssd. Thanks for the info. 😎👍🏼

[@EmiroFabregas]

Thanks, good procedure

[@DINU_R]

Can we use 512 gb nvme? If possible can provide a link which will go along with this laptop?

[@innoiso]

Yes, and I just dropped one in the description!

[@josecabrera5345]

Upgrayden memory ram ? How is it done ?

[@innoiso]

Not possible unfortunately