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
    2014-01-15T05:38:52+00:00

    Haven't contributed much since the beginning of this issue.  Just want to report that I am testing 2 Surface Pro 2's.  One with the failed Dec firmware update and a new one that was purchased after MSFT pulled the Dec update.  Both systems seemed to take the current Jan update well. 

    Side note: I installed the Jan update on my "failed" Dec system while in portrait mode and after the reboot and password screen, it remained in portrait.  So I reoriented it and the screen went black.  I performed a simple reboot (pressed power button for off, waited, then pressed power button to turn on) and the system is back running.  Have no idea if battery/wake instability has improved, but doubtful given this was not the firmware update.

    The newer SP2 (unaffected by Dec) appears fine after this Jan update.  The Jan update did not take too long, maybe 3-4 minutes (including reboot).

    The Jan update thus far on isn't a firmware (UEFI ROM flashing) update. Therefore it couldn't have fixed the damage done by the Dec10 firmware update.

    updated time stamp: 15-Jan-2014 at 10:01pm (NSW Australia UTC+10:00)

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-15T05:28:22+00:00

    Haven't contributed much since the beginning of this issue.  Just want to report that I am testing 2 Surface Pro 2's.  One with the failed Dec firmware update and a new one that was purchased after MSFT pulled the Dec update.  Both systems seemed to take the current Jan update well. 

    Side note: I installed the Jan update on my "failed" Dec system while in portrait mode and after the reboot and password screen, it remained in portrait.  So I reoriented it and the screen went black.  I performed a simple reboot (pressed power button for off, waited, then pressed power button to turn on) and the system is back running.  Have no idea if battery/wake instability has improved, but doubtful given this was not the firmware update.

    The newer SP2 (unaffected by Dec) appears fine after this Jan update.  The Jan update did not take too long, maybe 3-4 minutes (including reboot).

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