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
    2013-12-12T13:50:46+00:00

    So since you can use the back-up method you mentioned on the Surface Pro 2... you are saying the only choice is to wipe it all out and start over again?  Thank you for the input, but this is not acceptable to me.  What's to say I do this and it happens all over again???  MS just sits back and enjoys my hard earned money while I struggle getting their lame product to work?  No thanks.  I will be better off warning everyone through social media, etc. to avoid this product like the plague, and get a different machine that actually works.  I have had several windows based machines that can actually wake-up from sleep mode.  Why can't the hardware produced by those that made windows do the same thing???  Why does Microsoft have to suck so bad???  Very very frustrating.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-12T13:33:30+00:00

    It isn't much of a choice matey, as far as my short experiences in IT goes, Unix, Linux and Windows 7 (unupdated) proved to be the most stable. My Win7 PCs are always backed up using Linux Drive-Imager of sorts which means I can flash them good as new in minutes after serious crashes or attacks. Hence my machines like really kick ****. People say Mac OS' are stable because they run in house and certified apps, but I can crash them like demolition derbies. When you got systems running Frankenstein sourced applications like Windows with mixed hardware, your system is a fruit basket. The fact that Windows run as good as it is is a miracle. Unfortunately I can't seem to be able to successfully backup the Surface Pro 1 2 using similar flash methods due to its UEFI.

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