Surface Book 2 GPU Driver disappears randomly after May 2019 update

Anonymous
2019-05-26T20:23:51+00:00

Hi, just recently installed the Windows 10 May update on my Surface Book 2. Now the GPU disappears randomly while in use. The only solution is to reboot the Surface Book 2, or go into the device manager and initiate a scan for the GPU to come back again. It has Nvidia Gforce GTX 1050 version 23.21.13.9140

Are there any plans for Microsoft to release an updated driver to fix this bug?

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Anonymous
2019-07-12T22:43:37+00:00

Thank you for reporting the issue. A fix is available through Windows Update.

For more information, please visit our Surface Book 2 Update History page.

Eddy

updated: 10/11/2019

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Barb Bowman 80,805 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2019-10-11T16:52:35+00:00

There are some updates that were pushed to PRODUCTION today https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4055398/surface-book-2-update-history You do NOT need to join Insiders to get these.

October 2019 updates

The following updates are available for all Surface Book 2 devices running Windows 10 April 2018 Update, version 1803 or greater:

Windows Update History Name Device Manager Name
Surface – System – 1.75.139.0 Surface Base 2 Firmware Update – Firmware<br><br><ul><br><li><span><span><span><span><span>1.75.139.0 <span>improves battery stability.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul>
Surface – Firmware – 182.1004.139.0 Surface System Aggregator – Firmware<br><br><ul><br><li><span><span><span>182.1004.139.0 resolves an issue where the CPU will throttle down to .4GHz, and <span>improves battery stability.</span></span></span></span></li></ul>
Surface – Firmware – 389.2837.768.0 Surface UEFI – Firmware<br><br><ul><br><li><span>389.2837.768.0 resolves an issue where the display adapter disappears from Device Manager.</span></li></ul>

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-07-11T13:54:16+00:00

    I have another potential work around, in case anyone is having trouble with the Nvidia Power Management Mode option. 

    I've tried running - powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61

    from the CMD. I hoped it would give me the Ultimate Performance option in Power Management settings, but it seems to actually switch to it. As a result I've been able to set my Nvidia settings back to default and happily use 3DS Max, Photoshop, and Substance Painter without any issues. I'm NOT a tech savy person, but this seems to have worked for me, and it also means my battery isn't getting so hammered when not plugged in and using the Nvidia GPU. 

    I just thought I'd post it in case it helps anyone else.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-07-11T13:48:49+00:00

    As what I experienced,.

    In fact, every time after the Photoshop or other software mentioned crashed and dGPU dropped, turn off the crashed software immediately to avoid being blue screened. Then open the software again, they actually run really stable.

    As others tested, the Nvidia driver seems to be dependable.

    Some users said that shifting the power management mode can made it work, may be problems are there？

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-07-11T13:19:54+00:00

    Update: The problem does not (only) concern the dedicated Nvidia GPU. 

    In consequences to the problem depicted above, I deactivated my Nvidia GPU some days ago in device-manager, thinking this would allow me to work without bigger interruptions. But since then I also had many black screen (disconnections of the display).

    So I totally uninstalled the Nvidia Card in the device-manager. But this made the problem even bigger. Additionally to the black screens (seems like disconnects) I now had two BSOD (blue screens), again with an error code VIDEO_TDR... or something like that. 

    I'm really excited what really causes this problem. Looks more like a display driver problem, than a videocard driver problem.

    This is really embarrassing. At the moment it is virtually impossible to use my Surface Book anymore.

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