ASUS memory-gate

[Devonth]

I have a ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV it shipped with SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-00000 ssd.

I tried to install a Sabrent Rocket Q 8TB NVMe PCIe M.2   
I also tried an Inland Platinum 8TB NVMe SSD M.2 PCIe Gen 3.0x4 

I used Sabrent offline clone as well as Acronis true image for Sabrent, I tried windows backup image, and Clonezilla also.
with bios secure boot turned off, and verified that the drives were set to NTFS GPT
and the latest UX581GV.308 5/18/2020 bios update.

but the result is always the same no matter what. it blanks out before even booting. the rotating dots boot loading screen freezes and cycles through endless restarts. 
Asus says that they only recommend 1tb, they even claimed that larger capacity M.2 NVMe drives take more power and may perform slowly. is there not a power standard for PCIe Gen 3.0 ?
 

the 8TB Sabrent and Inland both work in my much older ASUS Q534UXK 
 

who would spend $3K on a laptop and then think that not being able to upgrade the SSD to a larger capacity one is acceptable ???

[Devonth]

here is a video of a guy upgrading this exact model laptop to a 2TB ssd. 

 

 

so what is the problem with installing an 8TB ssd?
2TB is not enough for me I need more capacity.

[GuiltySpark_]

Have you installed the new SSD then just installed Windows to it normally? It sounds like the problem lives in however you’re trying to clone.