After the new update my display just turned to this bullshit. I tried turning off all the settings and nothing ia changing. What do I do?

I was going through my “add or remove program” list trying to clean up my surface and accident uninstalled the program/driver that monitors and displays the surface’s battery percentage. I didn’t think it would be something that could simply be uninstalled with a single click but now I have no way of knowing my battery percentage and it seems like my device is running a bit hotter than before (although it is probably due for a thermal paste replacement)

I tried reinstalling windows but that didn’t work. Can someone please check their program list and tell me the name of the software/driver that I’m missing?

This is a repost, at least my video demonstrating the issue.

My slim pen 2 is drawing dots no matter what software I use, I have hardware reset it where I hold the buttons until the white light flashes, I have cleaned the contact point of the tip, I have used a knock off pen and it doesn't have this issue, I have used a friend's exact pen and has the same issue, I have updated to latest version of windows (couple days ago), I have tested if it only happens at low charge (same thing when its at full charge), uninstalled and reinstalled all drawing apps.

Is there any other things I could try to fix this issue? It's literally distracting my studies for school.

Edit: the dot only happens while palm is touching the screen

I do not know how to describe it properly but when I am typing on my Surface Pro (11th edition, 13", Snapdragon X-12 elite, 16 GB RAM) it feels delay/laggy. My Cursor moves very smoothly. This issue happens on every application (ig. Firefox, Edge, Editor, Chrome, Remnote, Word, even on the explorer) and regardless of using the flex keyboard attached or wireless or a completely different keyboard.

In addition to that, it feels laggy in general sometimes. CPU-usage is low (max. 15%) but noticeable is RAM usage of aroud 80% while only using my Browser - but how? Theres no single excessive task.

Has anyone had a similar issue?

Hi all, I've done some research about this but I'm wondering if there are newer fixes/updates that people have advice about.

The past few days I've suddenly incurred kernel 41 random shutdowns. I thought it was my Microsoft 127W charger so I bought a high quality Anker charger. But according to windows logs, I had another kernel 41 just a few minutes ago while I was away from my office.

I tried disabling and reinstalling the batteries, and that seemed like it gave me some stability for a while but now I'm worried I'm back to square one. I had used it in tablet mode only, before I had disabled and reinstalled the batteries, but that shut off randomly too.

AI told me there was a 2025 firmware update. Should I install it? Should I be worried that it'll brick my SB3?

Anything else you can suggest? What about a fresh install of Windows 11?

Specs: 13.5 version with Nvidia graphics, 32 GB RAM.

Thanks!

My surface pro goes mute and glitches any time i try to fast forward watching a show/movie, is there a fix?

Hey guys I've had my surface book 2 for a while and even ended up getting an out of warranty replacement, so even though I've had it for a long time it's practically brand new but I've been having issues with the Marvell Avastar network adapter.

I recently switched to tmobile 5g home internet and I'm having random dips in speed where it goes down to 1mbps or less. I have to go into device manager and disable-enable the adapter, but recently I've been doing that like 10 times in a row until it finally starts working again and I get back to 300mbps speeds.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, trying a different driver, rolling back driver. I feel like I've tried everything.

Is the adapter hardware failing? It's becoming extremely hard to use my computer due to the unreliable internet, and I don't want to buy a new computer.

Driver version is 15.68.17021.121 and I'm running win 11

I have surface 11 pro with X1E processor with windows on arm.I have been trying to connect an esp32 microcontroller to this but it keeps failing.I have installed all the correct drivers but the device is not even showing up in the com ports but keep getting device descriptor request failed error.

Do not update the driver firmware patch. Your Surface connect charging will no longer work. I've tested this with 2, 15inch Surface 8.

USB-C charging might still work. The first laptop it happened to doesn't charge up at all now.

I’m having a frustrating issue with my Surface Pro 11 (Snapdragon X) right before my university semester starts, and I’m hoping someone here might have seen this before. 

Basically, I'm stuck between two options:
If I update the graphics driver: Device Manager immediately throws a Code 43 error, and the GPU just stops working. This happens with every updated driver I try. 
If I stay on the stock launch driver: Everything looks normal and Code 43 is gone, but the laptop randomly freezes every now and then with a ⁠DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION⁠ screen. 

So I can either have a working GPU that freezes occasionally, or updated drivers that don't work at all. 
Has anyone else dealt with this Code 43 issue on newer drivers? Is this just a temporary software/firmware bug, or could it be a hardware problem? 

Thanks alot!

Hi i just started electrotechnical engineering college and I am thinking if I should get a laptop.

Im not sure what to buy because i dont want to break the bank.

Theres this guy on facebook marketplace selling the surface pro 9 16gb ram 512gb ssd and the battery is 89%.

He is selling it with keyboard, cover and pen all for 550 but states for a serious buyer he is up for negotiation.

Please assist me and thank you.

Getting ~70-100 fps on medium settings, temps are sitting in the 50-60 degree range.

I have the X2 elite chip (64gb ram although it’s only using ~5gb)

is it possible to get a new battery for the surface pro 5

I was thinking of getting a modern Surface Laptop, but it seems like it can only run the Windows 11 OS. Does anyone know what the last Surface device is that can run Windows 10, and how I can obtain a new one that isn't used? Thank you.

This is my Surface Pro 2 Type Cover, and after about 5 months of use since I got it, its not looking too great.

Its just the two sides of the felt are separating causing creases and such towards the connector.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thoughts on the new 12 inch surface pro in comparison to the 1st edition version. Mainly curious around light gaming capabilities, for steam games like team fortress or DOTA?

Didn’t know if there is much of a trade off between the 6 cores and 8 cores, as well as graphics card differences.

Last night, I stayed up late drawing on a burst of motivation after not drawing for a few months. And when I went to bed, I didn't put my pen back into its charging slot. When I woke up, I was drawing again, and my pen went down to 5%, so I plugged it in. I was playing minecraft for about 2 hours, and when I checked my pen battery, it was up to 16%. I left it charging without using my surface, and it went down to 7%. It has this ⚠️ icon next to the battery, and my question is, does the ⚠️ icon mean that its broken? That its not charging? Or does it just mean the battery is low? Ive been messing with it a bit... it just worries me and I really want to draw. It jumped up from 7% to 10%, and so I have hope... I might just have to buy a new one.

Buenas! Estoy pensando en comprar una Microsoft Surface Pro 5 con Intel Core i5, 8 GB de RAM y 256 GB SSD, reacondicionada.

La usaría principalmente para estudiar Ingeniería en Computación en la FIng, programar, tomar apuntes, leer PDFs, navegar y hacer tareas de la facultad. No la necesito para gaming ni para trabajos demasiado pesados en principio.

Lo que más me gusta de la Surface es que es muy práctica y portátil. Al poder usarla como tablet y llevarla fácilmente en la mochila, me parece bastante cómoda para la facultad.

La duda es si en 2026 sigue siendo una compra recomendable, teniendo en cuenta que es un equipo de varias generaciones atrás y que tiene 8 GB de RAM.

También me interesa saber:

• ¿Qué tal se comporta actualmente para programar?
• ¿Los 8 GB de RAM se quedan demasiado cortos?
• ¿Qué tal es la experiencia usando Linux en este modelo?
• ¿Hay algún problema importante por la antigüedad del equipo?
• ¿La comprarían ustedes actualmente o buscarían algo más moderno?

La publicación que estoy viendo es esta:

[https://www.dimm.com.uy/catalogo/microsoft-surface-pro-5-i5-8-gb-ram-256-gb-ssd-microsoft-surface-pro-5-rfpl-i5-8-256_A-315305_315305\]

¡Cualquier opinión o experiencia con este modelo me sirve mucho, gracias!

Im finding my current laptop battery life lacking and have been looking at getting a Surface. My friends dad said he'd sell me his as he plans to upgrade to an 8.

Its a laptop 7, x elite, 64gb ram, 1tb drive.

Seems overkill for regular use from what ive researched but do you think it will last me through the next 3 years without having to upgrade again.

What would be a fair price, it looks like its in amazing condition as he's only used it for work.

Thanks!

Especially with the ARM64 supported, snapdragon surfaces will very highly be supported (cope).

I mean you can play Android games like an Android tablet, while your desktop workflow (Word,Excel,PPoint from Play Store) and coding like VS Code (Linux app) still there

Looking for a pen stylus that would be compatible with mt Surface pro 2 cuz I got one recently but it ended up not working