Windows 10: Surface Pro 3 missing type cover drivers

My surface pro 3 has missing type cover drivers, i tried downloading the surface firmware according to my windows build but to no avail. The type cover works on my friends surface pro 3 but not mine. Ive tried hard resets, soft resets and ive even tried reinstalling windows several times. Nothing seems to be working. Even tried using a surface recovery usb to reset my surface, still doesnt work.

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New Surface Pro 3 Firmware Updates - August 24, 2017

Source: Microsoft Surface Pro 3 update history | Surface firmware updates

See also: Updates for Surface Pro 3 (24 Aug 2017) Surface

Surface Pro 3 firmware and driver package download link: Download Surface Pro 3 from Official Microsoft Download Center

 

Type Cover issues, sporadic behavior in Windows 10 on Surface Pro 3

These steps do not solve the problem. I have a Surface Pro 3 running Windows 10 with all updates installed. I was in the preview program. At the last preview, I did a complete clean install to fix this exact problem. It was fixed and now this issue is
back.

Now, with my brand new RTM version of Windows I am having the same problem again.

I want to emphasize that I have ALL the updates installed.

I have just done the following:

• Booted the machine
• Put the machine to sleep by closing the type cover (it must sleep)
• Opened the type cover
• Discovered that (once again) the type cover does not respond
• Used the touch interface to navigate to the device manager
• Discovered that (once again) the Surface Type Cover driver is NOT LOADING
• Forced it to load by adding the Surface Type Cover
• Which causes the Type Cover to resume working (without a reboot, which also works)

Ok -- so the problem (which is a regression, I believe) is that the driver is once again NOT LOADING correctly with the latest versions of Win10. So, this needs to get actually fixed again.

This now never doesn't happen (it other words, it is fully repeatable, all the time, 100% broken). At least for me. (Yes, I have cleaned the contacts on the keyboard and Surface Pro3 unit).

One more observation -- I do have Bluetooth HID devices paired (but not near, not active when this problem occurs.). It could be the thing that makes a few of us different.

Anyhow -- this is real and it is a real problem for the Surface Pro 3.

 

Surface Pro 4 Type Cover not working after Anniversary Update


Holy hell this worked for me! Can't say how may different "fixes" I tried for this and was just short of sending my Surface Pro 4 off for repair but this worked. No Surface Type Covers (With or without fingerprint scanner) worked but now all Touch Covers are working again.

I wasn't quite ready to give up the Pro 4, so now I get to keep it a little while longer.

Thank you!