It seems that Microsoft has done a great job with this update. In an unusual move - people tend to complain immediately online and the compliments come much later, if at all - Igor1968 on the Microsoft Answers forum says:
#Microsoft pro book 5 driver
I think I fixed my issue by uninstalling the Avastar driver in device manager, then rebooting." Kapiten Fox on Windows Central: "I'm on an i7 Surface Book (dGPU) and it basically borked my ability to connect to WiFi.
#Microsoft pro book 5 update
Tested after the update and still the same." I have 300 Mbps internet but was only getting around 60-100 Mbps. Jeffm201 on Windows Central: "I got happy when I saw the update to 5Ghz networks. Heatlessun on Winbeta: "Did an hour long sleep test, drained 4% in an hour." Paulo Reichert on Winbeta: "The fan on my SP4 still seems to be kicking in as often as it did before so not sure what thermal management improvements they've made, charging times seem similar and as other people have noted below, power consumption on sleep doesn't seem to have changed." Eventually I fixed it by reinstalling the driver for the Wi-Fi adapter." The adapter (in the Network Centre) was "disabled" and couldn't be re-enabled. Each reboot was the same: the Wi-Fi would work for about 3 minutes then die. Mark Virtue on Neowin: "My Wi-Fi adapter died after about 3 minutes of uptime.
do not scale properly when I switch from the internal to the external display… Microsoft Solitaire still crashes just after launching." When my surface is running with 1-5% CPU even and I close the lid, while plugged in, the fans are on full blast." Thepandaback on Reddit: "For me the sleep fan problem is not solved either. While most of the online chatter this morning is at least mildly positive, there are still reports of problems after the firmware was updated. The patches seem to address the leading causes of pain for SP4/SB owners: excessive battery drain and overheating, especially on hibernate and when shut down Wi-Fi and Bluetooth throughput, especially on 5GHz connections all sorts of keyboard oddities screen disconnects and other video problems, including a shrunk sign-on screen.
#Microsoft pro book 5 Patch
On Wednesday afternoon Microsoft released the long-anticipated firmware updates for the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, with an additional patch for the Surface Book's optional discrete graphics chip.Īlthough it's still too early to tell if the patches alleviate the mess surrounding Microsoft's flagship devices - Windows guru Paul Thurrott calls it " Surfacegate" - a few intrepid upgraders have reported on their experiences.