Surface Book 3 - external keyboard and mouse

Anonymous
2020-06-26T07:37:06+00:00

I have a SB3 connected to a Surface Dock which has FullHD touch monitor, USB keyboard and mouse connected to it.  I have used this setup without any issues for over 2 years with Surface Laptop 1.

With the SB3 the keyboard and mouse 'stutter' meaning characters are lost or autorepeat due to missing down or up codes.  Mouse motion ceases then resumes.

I have a video of the mouse re I continuously move the mouse in a circle 

https://1drv.ms/v/s!ArzFfLr\_MuyC294iYcJ4cavRP\_nIvA?e=qdqCjY

I have tried plugging the mouse into one of the SB3 USB ports and get the same result.  

I know others have seen this problem.  It should be easy to reproduce.  Can someone from Microsoft try this please.

This looks to be a level USB message handling problem. Note that the USB is not unloading. 

David

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Anonymous
2021-01-26T17:42:18+00:00

A fix for this issue is now available through Windows Update. Please review the Surface Book 3 Update History page.

Eddy.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-30T01:39:33+00:00

    While definitely not a fix, I can confirm that I have been running Folding@Home in the background on my SB3 now for over a week, and the problem has not manifested itself a single time, as long as F@H is running.

    Keeping the CPU busy seems to prevent the low power state that appears to cause this fault.

    If I close down F@H and let the CPU enter a low power state as it normally would, the problem reliably reoccurs.

    So while we wait for MS to even acknowledge this as a problem, I can confirm that running F@H in the background on Low setting is a viable workaround to be able to use your machine as intended.

    Cheers.

    I tried this this today and can confirm that it has worked for me as well. Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-29T22:23:46+00:00

    If you use bluetooth to play music, you probably has to keep the SB3 cover opened --- that is, making sure your SB3 screen is not shield by SB3 keyboard.

    [Update] Sorry. I didn't see you're using SB3 screen as the 3rd screen. Please ignore my comment.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-29T22:08:34+00:00

    My problem seems to reliably occur when i have MUSIC playing (streaming via bbc or youtube) to my sony bluetooth headphones.

    When I just have them connected to bluetooth without audio playing (just the odd email / teams notification etc) I get no issue at all.

    I have:

    SB3 15" i7 32 GB

    Logi bluetooth keyboard and mouse with dongle in SB3 USB port.

    Surface dock 1

    2 HDMI monitors to dock

    No USB devices ever (rarely) in the dock.

    Dock is positioned at least 30-40cm away from SB3.

    SB3 screen is usually open in tablet mode as a third screen.

    All of the exact same set up worked with no issue on the SB1.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-29T21:09:39+00:00

    I am not sure. My keyboard has been ok for hours after just moving SB3 away from dock (SB3 is 50 cm higher and 30 cm away from dock's right side). My setting:

    1. Only one SB3 USB port is used for wireless mouse.
    2. My wire keyboard is connected through dock.
    3. External monitor comes through dock as well. SB3 screen is off.
    4. SB3 cover is opened.
    5. Driver was updated a few days ago.

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