GPU not detected in Surface Book 2

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Hello MS support,

I bought surface book 2, 256 GB, NVIDIA GeForce 1050, 2GB model in November, 2017 and it worked pretty well until recently. I don't know why it stopped detecting the GPU. It's not showing up in the display adapters. I tried detaching and attaching the screen it gets detected for a moment and goes off again. I tried one solution offered in the Microsoft page to uninstall the driver (checking the delete software ) and restart the PC but with no luck.

Is it a hardware problem or a frequent software problem ? I will be really glad if you can provide me a solution to this.

Thanks,

Rajeev

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Anonymous

Hi Robert_at_lane,

I had the same problem as you the last days and I also tried the different solutions posted here in the community I nearly gave up but today I tried it the last time on a different way and it seems like it is working now. Graphics card is still there and isn't switching off anymore even if I use programs which need a lot of performance, also waking up is working super fast again without any problem and the power button is working as well. (I guess there is some issue with the power management because when my power supply was plugged in the power button and the startup worked, unplugged I could press what I wanted, only the detach button was waking up the device and the Nvidia cards always disappeared after a short time except when I was using Rhino3D plugged in with best performance)

Maybe my solution helps you as well....

Make sure that all windows updates are made and the latest firmware is installed, also the latest Nvidia driver (397.64)
Put the power settings to best performance (plugged in and in battery mode)
Open the device manager and keep it open
Unplug your SB2
Detach the tablet and wait for ~10-15sec until the system updated the connected devices (the device manager should flicker once or twice until it stops, maybe there is a sound as well)
Reattach and wait until the Nvidia card pops up in the device manager
Quickly make a normal shutdown as long as the card is still visible in the device manager
When the device is off, do a hard reset by pressing the volume up button and the power button for at least 20 seconds (Press and hold the volume up button before pressing and holding the power button)
The UEFI interface might appear, just exit and let the system restart.

These steps seemed to work in my case...I hope they help you as well...if there are any changes during the further use of my SB2 I will inform you.

Best regards.

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Anonymous

Thank you for your feedback. We have completed our investigation and have published a set of drivers and system updates which includes a fix for this issue. This is now available in Windows Update.

We recommend that you install the latest updates to keep your Surface performing its best. You can get updates now by checking Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update.

Update 8/1/2018: New drivers are available for Surface Book 2 15” PixelSense™ Display with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060
Update 11/28/201 8: New drivers are available for Surface Book 2 13.5” PixelSense™ Display with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050

You can find the details of the latest update on our Surface Book 2 update history page.

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2018-08-07T20:37:33+00:00

One step forward. Two steps back. That's soooo Microsoft.

So far, my NVIDIA card seems to of stopped dropping off, but, with that benefit comes an odd curse. My connected monitor (using the surface dock) flickers in and out every couple minutes and occasionally drops out entirely. Jiggle and replacing wares doesn't help. Replacing the dock connecter doesn't help. When the screen drops completely, the whole system becomes unresponsive and the only thing I can do is a hard reboot using the power button. It has happened 3 times since I upgraded yesterday. Jesus Christ Microsoft!

Why did I buy this computer? The promise of both tablet and powerful laptop is totally undermined by ineffective software when used as a tablet and the GPU not functioning properly as a laptop. So basically I have a very expensive low end laptop.
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2018-08-07T14:06:27+00:00

What frustrates me the most is for 8 months plus they have denied the problem existed. Then all of sudden once I threaten to get a law firm involved, plus the next thing you know there is an article referencing my note about engaging a class action law suit. Now all of a sudden there is an update released to fix a non existant problem? Microsoft get your story straight! Was there a driver problem or not? Is this a fix to a real documented issue or is it a fix to a ghost issue that you will not offically acknowledge? Just looking for clarity because your story has changed so many times! Your a buch of quacks. Its ok when your system took a **** on me during the intial setup after hours of tech support it was never fixed and my office program was still broken. So I did a full complete restore and lost lots of data because backing up the data kept failing. Your products are crap and your support is the worst in the industry. I think your trying to establish the standard for the worst support ever. Never Microsoft again. At least I can get a straight answer from Apple.
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2018-08-07T09:00:30+00:00

Update 8/1/2018:

Thank you for your feedback. We have completed our investigation and have published a set of drivers and system updates which includes a fix for this issue. This is now available in Windows Update.

We recommend that you install the latest updates to keep your Surface performing its best. You can get updates now by checking Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update.

You can find the details of the latest update on our Surface Book 2 update history page.

After this update, my external monitor is now set to a Bit Depth of 6-bit rather than 8-bit which results in severe colour banding.

I can't find a way to change it, will try to rollback the update later today.

I'd rather have to go through a forced restart every few months then have a terrible looking image on my monitor.
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