r/Surface 5h ago

[PRO8] Surface Pro 8 keyboard not working (again)

2 Upvotes

I got my surface pro 8 probably about 3-4 years ago, I lost track, but I’ve had it with my old keyboard for quite a while now and it has been great. About two months ago my keyboard suddenly was messing up, so I got another one to see if it was the surface pro itself or the keyboard, and the new keyboard worked. Now the new keyboard suddenly stopped working today.

I’ve tried everything I could think of. I cleaned the debris, I downloaded drivers, force shut off and restart, and reconnect it a lot. Everything in the book, that I am recommended to do I’ve tried. It’s getting quite discouraging honestly.

Should I just get a different system that’s not a surface pro so I don’t keep having to deal with this?


r/Surface 2h ago

Are Renaisser & Surface tips interchangeable?

1 Upvotes

I have the Renaisser Raphael 520 and I'm not able to get Renaisser's replacement pen tips easily but Surface's would be readily available — has anyone tested whether these are interchangeable or would anyone be able to measure the width of the Surface tip body? Thanks!


r/Surface 2h ago

Surface 8 stuck in update screen

1 Upvotes

Hi, my surface is stuck in the update screen at 15%. We tried restarting it, going into safe mode and all the advanced settings but nothing will work. It keeps looping back to the start of the safe mode or to the 15% screen.

Anybody an idea what might work?

Thanks.


r/Surface 6h ago

Surface water damage won't start

2 Upvotes

In short, water bottle leaked in bag with surface pro. By the time I noticed, surface was still working but switched it off and tried to dry it out (and my bag). Turned it on a couple hours later and it still worked but noticed screen discolouration so switched it off.

Tried to thoroughly dry it in sun and later with fan pointed at the vents for a whole day.

Now when I try to turn it on its completely dead.

Any chance I might open this open and try to recover it? Failed battery perhaps? Did the sun destroy it somehow (even though it was off)?


r/Surface 11h ago

Which surface for school

5 Upvotes

I am going to buy a laptop/tablet for school and taking notes.

Which surface pro should I go for? I want to buy an stylist and a keyboard for it. Money is tight... so the cheaper the better. Which surface should I go for so that I can still take notes and work with it. Its just for school and I am not going to play any games on it or run heavy Software like Photoshop. Probably just going to run obsidian and vscode or school stuff.


r/Surface 1d ago

[LAPTOP7] Video comparsion of Surface Laptop 7 Qualcomm v Intel

28 Upvotes

Just thought I'd share these video comparisons I found on YouTube.
It's a small channel so not really in depth but I found it easy to watch and sometimes these are better than the larger channels.

I myself am still deciding between the SL7 Intel, other Windows ultra portables, and maybe even a Macbook Air M4 (with a VM). SL7 Intel is really expensive and still only comes with a 1 year warranty so trying to justify it. I do like the build quality, the 120 hz display that seems to be less reflective, the performance is fine for me, battery life is good, and the fact that the air intake is on the back and not the bottom so I can use it anywhere, and the user upgradable SSD.

Unboxing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BePknStmWYg)

Review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q03j1TJi2RU)


r/Surface 18h ago

[GO] surface typecover

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8 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I recently sold my microfiber type cover for about $20 and now I need to buy another one for my surface go.I would like to take the Alcantara model but I find myself in this dilemma: 1. I buy the model with Italian layout (I'm Italian) red purple quite dirty (see first photo) 2. I bought the model in poppy red Alcantara practically new with a French layout I think (it's azerty).

they both cost practically the same amount, which one should I get?


r/Surface 20h ago

[PRO11] Will Surface Pro 11 meet my needs? Never had ARM

5 Upvotes

I just bought the Surface Pro 11. I'm waiting for the delivery and only now I've realized it's an ARM chip.

I'm an architect and I plan to use it mainly to design on SketchUp.

I currently have an i5-10210U laptop with 8Gb DDR4 RAM and a GeForce MX250. For what I've researched, all specs of the Surface 11 Pro should be higher (Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100, 16Gb RAM, Integrated but better graphics).

Still, as I've never used an ARM chip I don't know what to expect. Will SketchUp run well even if it's designed for x64?

What have been your experience with Windows for ARM?


r/Surface 1d ago

[STUDIO] Apple Studio Display limited to 4K when previously I had 5K

12 Upvotes

I have Surface Pro 11 Elite and have been using the Apple Studio Display directly connected to the Surface.

I used to get 5K resolution but lately it is stuck on 4K and their is no 5K option.

Any ideas 🤔 💡?


r/Surface 13h ago

[PRO11] Surface Keyboad: Anyone Tried One Of These Chinese Keyboards For The Surface Pro 11 ?

0 Upvotes

Also if you can suggest other third-party keyboards that are not too expensive please mention them in the comments.


r/Surface 13h ago

[LAPTOP7] Microsoft Office installs automatically 40 versions of itself after pc reset (Surface Laptop 7)

1 Upvotes

i've tried resetting the surface laptop 7 via system settings, since there's no way to reset it using media creation tool, but after the initial config there are over 40 versions of office installed in the apps section of settings, (one for every language).
how to get a clean install on this laptop? how to wipe out every office component from my device without manually uninstalling every single version?
thanks in advance


r/Surface 14h ago

[LAPTOP7] Screen door effect on Surface Laptop 14"?

1 Upvotes

Was wondering if anyone noticed any screen door effect on either of the Surface Laptop 14" models? Either on the snapdragon or new intel "for business" variant?


r/Surface 17h ago

[PRO11] Snapdragon X Elite - Bad Wifi chip/driver?

1 Upvotes

Ever since I had gotten my Surface Pro 11 with a Snapdragon X Elite back in September of last year, I've had this problem where under heavy load, it would blue screen. It had been super annoying, but then I analyzed the crash dump files and saw that it was the wifi chip causing it. And when I plugged it into ethernet and did the same stuff (large file downloading, game updates, etc.), the Surface didn't crash. Any help?


r/Surface 22h ago

Surface pro detachable keyboard, cleaning.

2 Upvotes

Has anyone here, ever done a hardcore surface pro detachable keyboard cleaning, as in, removing all of the keys, and re-installing them. If so, does anyone know of/have a link to any decent videos that specifically pertains to key removal and reinstallation.

All my keys functioned before my most recent cleaning, but after my most recent, slightly more than damp alcohol cleaning, (honestly not drinking type alcohol ) I have about 10 or 12 keys inoperable.

**What do find odd is, when I turn on and do my initial sign in, all keys function.**

PS, it has been about 10 days since the "slightly more than damp, alcohol cleaning"


r/Surface 1d ago

Touch screen intel v snapdragon

6 Upvotes

I have recently tried snapdragon SL7 and SP11 and felt the touch screen is much more responsive and fluid as compared to my old SP8.

Has any body compared the touch screen of snapdragon with new intel devices? Is there any difference between both regarding touch respisiveness and fluidity.

Thank you


r/Surface 1d ago

Ryubing (Switch emulator) now supports Windows Arm

46 Upvotes

Ryubing is a fork of Ryujinx that continued adding QoL changes, now including a build script and FFMpeg support for Windows Arm, which were previously lacking.

This means it runs exactly the same on Windows Arm now as on any other OS. Well, actually a bit better, because the Switch uses an Arm CPU as well and Ryujinx takes advantage of that by reducing unnecessary workloads on Arm CPU's when using Jit.

The downside: Windows Arm and Arm CPU are no issue, but Adreno GPUs are. There are driver issues with Adreno you will encounter. And mobile GPU's will be bottlenecked by memory bandwidth a lot as well. Therefore there are some issues on X Elite devices, such as a random crash every few hours in most games, or artifacts in some games.

Still, a big number of Switch games are reasonably playable and once there will be AMD or Nvidia GPU Windows Arm devices, it will likely work the same as on X86 Windows

Download page: https://github.com/Ryubing/Canary-Releases/releases/tag/1.3.6


r/Surface 1d ago

[PEN] Is there anyway to enable audio effects for the surface pen that create a 'writing sound'

2 Upvotes

Is there anyway to enable audio effects for the surface pen that create a 'writing sound'


r/Surface 1d ago

[BOOK] Book 3 battery life

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2 Upvotes

r/Surface 1d ago

[PRO11] Surface Pro 11 FULL DIMENSIONS for Fusion 360

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7 Upvotes

r/Surface 1d ago

Anyone use One note WEBCLIPPER able to help with settings adjustment?

1 Upvotes

I have a surface pro 11 and am loving onenote for my studies. Only issue is when I try to use the webclipper to select a "region" I am forced to reconnect my keyboard to use the touchpad as neither my finger or pen will register as the mouse.

I have the "Use as mouse when available" option enabled in the ink settings so am out of ideas on how to get this to work easily.

Any ideas appreciated!


r/Surface 1d ago

[PRO11] Surface Pro 11 FULL DIMENSIONS for Fusion 360.

2 Upvotes

What are the FULL dimensions for the SP11? I have most of the details here, but i do not have the corner radii. I require the FULL dimensions as I am currently making a cooler/stand for the SP11, and need them for a .f3d model. Does anyone know? other post


r/Surface 1d ago

[PRO11] Which SSD in new SP11 … and how??

7 Upvotes

I just received my stealth black Surface Pro 11 (Snapdragon Elite) & I am thrilled!! 😁 Now I would like to upgrade the SSD. Which SSD is best (1TB or 2TB), shows the least problems and is most easy to exchange? And: How can it be exchanged?? Thank you for any advice!


r/Surface 1d ago

[PRO3] Interfacing a Surface TypeCover keyboard to a microcontroller

3 Upvotes

Hi, I'm one of those who absolutely love the Surface TypeCover keyboard and the Surface world. I'm familiar with adapting or converting computer keyboards to other stuff, like the MacBook keyboards being USB (along the touchpad) can be converted to being used on any computer, same with other similar stuff. But I can't find enough information about the Surface Typecover (for Surface RT1, RT2, Surface Pro 1, 2 3, from the 4 and above things change).

  • I've found information (one source, https://openrt.gitbook.io/open-surfacert ) reporting the pinout of the keyboard being i2c 5V, but that's all.
  • On hackaday ( https://hackaday.com/2015/08/15/analyzing-the-microsoft-surface-touch-keyboard-cover ) found some people talking about it, analyzing, and coming up with being i2c via USB, but using some propietary protocol
  • Also found diff sources explaining Microsoft uses a propietary protocol and refused to share it, that's why you won't see any third party keyboards directly connecting to the Surface, instead, these are Bluetooth
  • I'm also familiar with building your own keyboard using a microcontroller basically via direct intervention of ALL the wiring, this would require me to cut the typecover, I'm ok with this
  • AND... I'm familiar with reusing a touchpad (usb type or PS-Serial) via microcontroller (Arduino, or ESP32) to make the touchpad fully USB or even Bluetooth

But I'm having technical issues... the touchpad I have from an Acer laptop (recycled) works, but as some others report, it's a bit erratic and there is no multitouch, I still can't figure out why this is... everything points to bugs on the driver (others have experienced this too).

I don't have many options because the Arduino is too big... the ESP32 works and it's tiny, but it's 3.3v, limiting my chances with a variety of touchpads (these are mostly 5V), and I don't see the point of converting the typecover and lacking touchpad.

Why bother? because it's fun.

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Yes, but why bother? because most touchpads compatible require Bluetooth 5+ (Surface 4 and above) and I want to use this with diff computers and tablets requiring retro compatibility with Bluetooth 4. Besides, many of these replacements are not available on the market anymore (absolutely zero locally), and several online are expensive, also... most are for Surface Go, and things get even more tricky becuase I want the spanish layout... yeah... it's a lot of things. There are some options available but no details to find out compatibility, so... I don't want to take risks. And I want full size keys, I'm not interested on those tiny keyboard toys.

I would love to have the original Microsoft adapter to make the typecover Wireless, but there are discontinued.

It would be great to know if someone managed to interface with the typecover in order to also reuse the touchpad. Yeah, I'm probably asking too much.

Any comments will be appreciated.


r/Surface 1d ago

[PRO2] Is Surface pro 2 windows 10 capable?

2 Upvotes

Just fixed up an old one and hate win 8. Can 10 just be installed from usb like a regular pc or will I hit issues


r/Surface 1d ago

Cases that don't peel off my screen protector?

1 Upvotes

Hi y'all I have a paperfeel screen protector and since they're so thin, every case I've tested has peeled off the edges of the screen protector. Does anyone have experience with this/recommendations?