System Firmware Update - 12/10/13 fails to install

Anonymous
2013-12-10T19:14:53+00:00

Got the updates on todays patch Tuesday, but the firmware update failed to load.  Rechecking for an update does not give the opportunity to try and reinstall.

Anyone else having this problem?  I do notice that my telemetry driver is now loaded. so not sure what is going on here.

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Anonymous
2013-12-19T06:53:02+00:00

Josh,

We are working through the holidays to deliver a fix for the small number of customers that have experience decreased battery life and booting/sleeping problems as a result of the December update.  We took the update down to prevent additional customers from ending up in this state. All hardware failures, none of which are known to be caused by the December update, are being handled promptly through our warranty exchange policy.

The UEFI firmware that we released in the December update prevents some devices from entering sleep mode (and other low power states) properly during periods of inactivity. In order to release an updated version of the UEFI firmware we need to test the new version with the other drivers in the set to make sure we are not releasing yet another unknown state to customer machines. We certainly feel your pain and assure you that we are doing everything possible to make this right, as quickly as we can.

Thank you,

Tim

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Anonymous
2014-02-15T00:49:31+00:00

Greetings all,

We understand that the February Firmware Update has fixed the Battery gauge issue and the Firmware showing as failed. However we can see that there are some customers who are still experiencing issues with their Surface Pro 2 going into Sleep mode and Hibernate.

So we can better track those particular issues, we have decided to close this thread off. We encourage you to create a thread related to your Surface Pro 2 not going to sleep or not going into Hibernate. Please give as much detail as possible to your scenario.

We understand that the February Firmware update did not resolve the issue with waking from Sleep or Hibernate, as it was not intended to fix that particular issue. We are continuing to work to deliver a high quality solution. More updates will become available as this effort progresses.

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Anonymous
2014-02-13T22:35:08+00:00

The February update has resolved all issues for me.  The firmware installed with no issues.  Prior to this, I had all sorts of problems with the December firmware.  Sleep and hibernate issues were rampant.  The January update helped a bit, but the battery meter was always getting off calibration. 

With the February update, all issues have been resolved and my Surface 2 128gb is working as it was prior to the December updates.  Very solid and all is back to normal.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-12-21T06:40:28+00:00

    Matthew,

    thanks again,  I followed your lead,  kind of:

    instead of reinstalling all of the updates,  I did the following:

    1. went into device manager  and rolled back all 3 firmware drivers, 
    2. performed a reboot and the middle firmware driver did not startup properly so I did a second reboot.
    3. verified that I have the firmware drivers from October installed now

    3. then uninstalled the battery drivers, 

    1. shut it down,
    2. and then did the up volume/power button reset
    3. let it sit for 15 minutes

    7. restarted it. 

    so far,  I have gone over 4 hours without a wakeup or battery issue,  and have gone from 100% to 95%.

    back to normal.

    Lowell

    can you please list the drivers you used with a download link?

    Thank you!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-21T05:11:05+00:00

    Yes, I know firmware is basically like BIOS, I was responding to the post by MS moderator to point them into thinking in this direction.  The MS "firmware" update packages include updates to system firmware and drivers. The system restore in windows 7 and 8 can undo the undesired driver updates. But it may be unable to undo the firmware updates, so I was thinking a quick fix would be to release a program to allow users to revert to the previously installed (an backed up) firmware.  MS may even post firmware binaries online, so that people who have problems could get them and revert theit broken systems.

    In the end all of these may result in much lower warranty return rates for MS.

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