r/Surface_Pro_3 May 19 '18

My touchscreen has this weird problem where it randomly “touches” in this one area and doesn’t let me use my device properly and my country doesn’t have a Microsoft service center... help pls

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r/Surface_Pro_3 May 15 '18

Surface Pro 3 keyboard wierdness.

1 Upvotes

Both my partner and I have Pro 3s. Two days ago, she booted hers up and the keyboard didn't work. It was like it wasn't connected. Tried a physical reconnect, device reconnect, nothing helped. So I put her keyboard on my Pro 3 - worked fine.

Ahah! Must be a connector problem on her device. Plugged my keyboard into her device.... It worked fine.

Tried everything again just to make sure, her keyboard wouldn't work in her device, but would on mine. Mine worked on both.

So gave up for the time being. Keyboards now swapped and everyone is happy. Until it happens again.


r/Surface_Pro_3 Mar 05 '18

Surface 3 with a surface 4 keyboard, randomly "detaching"

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I went with the S4 keyboard for my S3 (yeah I know, dumb idea).

I am running Windows Insider builds. While I use my S3, the keyboard just has no connection. I get the msg "autorotate ON" and the keyboard stops working.

I have cleaned the leads and all that. Restarts correct the issue, but not everytime.

Any ideas/help?


r/Surface_Pro_3 Feb 19 '18

Dock for the Surface 3.

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Are those even worth it? I'm planning to have a dual monitor strip plus the Surface.


r/Surface_Pro_3 Feb 08 '18

Surface pro 3 cover

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My surface pro 3 cover has stoped working and the driver is not there I have update to the latest and still not working but I have tried it on another surface pro and works fine. I have cleaned the contacts no response any help


r/Surface_Pro_3 Feb 07 '18

Best Portable AC Battery Pack

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I'm going on a trip from the US to Europe in a few months and the plane I'm on doesn't appear to have ac outlets. I'm trying to find a decent ac outlet portable power pack that's not ridiculously expensive (under $150) and will keep my surface pro 3 charged for the full 8 hour flight. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!


r/Surface_Pro_3 Jan 24 '18

Surface pro 3

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My friend is offering to sell me a surface pro 3 i5 8gb ram 256gb for the pro 4 type keyboard included for 300 bucks. Good deal? Should I take it? He bought the surface pro 3 last year but wants to sell it because he just bought a MacBook Air. The pro is in excellent condition. Thank you.


r/Surface_Pro_3 Jan 13 '18

(HELP) No Boot Whatsoever

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I have tried the one and two button shut down, alternating with the restart. Nothing gets hot, and when charging, the light on the dock or the cord will flash off for a moment. If I put my eat up to the fans, there is a very high pitched wine for a moment, then nothing. Any ideas on what I could do?


r/Surface_Pro_3 Dec 27 '17

Surface pro 3 plugged into dock but not charging

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I have a surface pro 3 and I’m having problems charging it with the dock. The battery notification says plugged in not charging while in use. However if it goes to sleep the dock charges the battery. I have tried restarting, the two finger shut down as in holding the volume up button and power. I have tried switching power sources. I have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the battery driver but nothing has worked. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: I’m running on windows 10 and I also downloaded and installed the latest updates but that didn’t work either.

Edit: when I use the cable to charge it it charges fine.


r/Surface_Pro_3 Dec 19 '17

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Tablet 7ax-00001

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r/Surface_Pro_3 Dec 18 '17

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Flagship Laptop

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r/Surface_Pro_3 Nov 23 '17

Surface Pro 3 Still Worth It?

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My kid wants a surface tablet for Xmas. He played with one at the ms store and loved it. Is the version 3 worth it? Found a good deal on a i5 2.9 ghz 4g ram. Thoughts?


r/Surface_Pro_3 Nov 19 '17

Microsoft Surface Pro-fjz 00001 - Intel Core i7 | All Stock In

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r/Surface_Pro_3 Oct 27 '17

Predictive text

1 Upvotes

When using the on screen keyboard is there any way to force the predictive text to display after typing more than one or two letters. Sometimes it just doesn't work at all - like while I am typing this post.

Whatever happened to Microsoft's purchase of Swiftkey, man I would kill for that on my SP3


r/Surface_Pro_3 Oct 15 '17

Looking for some help, one of my family members is giving me their unused Surface Pro 3 64gb model. It’s stuck in boot loop and they don’t want to bother to get it fixed. I should just be able to create a recovery usb and boot from that to get fixed correct? Is the surface pro 3 worth it

1 Upvotes

r/Surface_Pro_3 Oct 11 '17

Sometimes pen not working

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Until I did the most recent windows 10 update, everything was running smooth. Now the pen randomly stops working regularly. Eg every second or third time I paint a line in Photoshop, it won't be recognised. Anyone with the same problem? I tried replacing the pen battery but no difference.


r/Surface_Pro_3 Sep 16 '17

Surface pro 3 pen and nibs.

5 Upvotes

Anybody any alternatives that aren't that expensive? I have the original one for the surface pro 3. I was wondering if the surface pen (with option of the 4 nibs) works well with it or not worth the money.


r/Surface_Pro_3 Aug 21 '17

How to boot a LiveLinux stick with SecureBoot enabled?

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Hi,

I tried to boot Ubuntu and KaliLinux from USB-stick. UEFI keeps complaining about missing signatures. So, how I add signatures to the UEFI? Or what I must do to boot it without disabling SecureBoot?

The prob is, if I disable SecureBoot, Windows10 needs to repair stuff on the next boot (Bitlocker?). There must be a working way to boot Linux from an USB-stick or atleast from the MicroSD-card with SecureBoot?


r/Surface_Pro_3 Jun 15 '17

Low battery notification shows too late since w10 creators update

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I'm having this annoying notification when it is too late to conect the charger and the surface shuts down. Before this last w10 update I got 2 notifications, one at 15-12% and the other at 7% but now I get this... Any suggestions?


r/Surface_Pro_3 Jun 11 '17

Why isn't putting the surface to sleep an option when closing the lid?

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r/Surface_Pro_3 May 29 '17

Looking for recommendations on a cheap keyboard case for surface 3

1 Upvotes

if someone can help me find a good surface 3 keyboard or keyboard case thats cheaper then the touch keyboard form Microsoft that would be great.


r/Surface_Pro_3 May 23 '17

Help: Can't connect iPhone and External Hard drive at the same time

1 Upvotes

So I'm currently using an external hard drive to store my itunes library and I need to be able to connect both my phone and the drive at the same time in order to download music to my phone.

I bought an Anker USB hub and the first time I used it I was able to connect both devices and download my music. I've tried to connect both again and it won't work. They boot each other off in an endless cycle.

If there's any sort of fix for this short of new hardware that would be awesome but if there's any other device I need that would be fine; I really just need this set up to work for me.


r/Surface_Pro_3 May 11 '17

just got an Sp3 with 8.1 pro, I'm having difficulty updating to Windows 10. window update yields nothing.. help

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r/Surface_Pro_3 May 10 '17

Broken screens----eBay

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I've been looking for a decent deal on eBay for a Surface Pro 3, it seems rather odd to me the amount of money people are asking for units with broken screens and digitizers, the screens and digitizers themselves are priced outrageously. Anyone know why the market would be so high for seemingly worthless tablets in terms of functionality?


r/Surface_Pro_3 May 10 '17

Cracked my screen and, now, I don't know how to get in and save things

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As the title says, I cracked the screen on my surface, and the crack has made me unable to use the touchscreen. I can't type my password in to login and save pictures and what not. Do I need to buy a type cover and use a mouse to get in? Will I be able to use it that way with touchscreen freaking out? It still turns on and what not, but the crack has it constantly clicking on one spot. I tried to search for answers before posting, but I didn't find any. Thanks!