A real pity.This occurs because of a glitch when installing firmware using windows update. Have you seen that too?Haven't seen that. I've done the 2-button hard-reset. Only issue is the keyboard. SP3. Faced this problem twice. Upon turning it on at that point, the keyboard should be working. I've had my SP3 running Win 10 for about 2 months (couldn't wait for the SP4) and rarely disconnect the Type cover. I almost went to update my SP3's firmware but now I'm not so sure if I want to.mine got wet and i just bought another for 139$ turns out it is the tablet wish i read this before buying.I've tried many googled terms to figure out this problem. Looked for Type Cover in the UEFI Bios settings (Which for Surface Pro 3 didn't exist).I've tried to uninstalling just the Type Cover drivers (deleting them too).Open the Properties of "Surface Type Cover" and select the Hardware tab.From this tab, open the properties of each associated device. Surface Pro 4 Type Cover not working after Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Uninstall each device, deleting drivers when the option is available.After all items have been uninstalled (The Surface Type Cover Properties Hardware tab will NOT update as you do this), You can close the open windows.Expand the following groups: Firmware & Keyboards.Under Firmware, update all drivers using "Search Automatically for updated driver software"Under Keyboards, you should see several "HID Keyboard Device". I've tried draining the battery. I've tried disabling Bootable Dock. The screen may flash the Surface logo, but continue holding the buttons down for at least 15 seconds.Press and release the power button to turn your Surface back on. Apparently this sequence only works for Surface Book, Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 2, and Surface Pro.

I have noticed in Device Manger that under Human Interface Devices that Wacom Device has a yellow triangle. Preface: I've tried many googled terms to figure out this problem. So you must 1) disable connected standby (google for registry address), 2) disable sleep and hibernate functionality (including lid-closure and power button). The only way to resolve the issue is to hope that the next Windows Update would reverse the problem. There's no quick way to identify which is the Surface Type Cover. There's other methods at that link for other devices.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castA subreddit for the Microsoft Surface family of products. Repeated same steps and it didn't work. Looked for Type Cover in the UEFI Bios settings (Which for Surface Pro 3 didn't exist).I've tried to uninstalling just the Type Cover drivers (deleting them too).Open the Properties of "Surface Type Cover" and select the Hardware tab.From this tab, open the properties of each associated device.
Keyboard started working right away.I did this and got my HID keyboard Device to update into 'Surface Type Cover Filter Device' but the keypad and trackpad still dont work. My guess is that the Pro 4 cover was no longer deemed a new device since it was plugged in before previously.Microsoft store representatives said this is an increasingly common issue for both the Surface Pro 3 and 4. No battery sign lit up on screen and keyboard was not backlit.Plugged into the charger and turned it on. There's no quick way to identify which is the Surface Type Cover.

However, to prevent it from disappearing again, you must prevent the surface from going to sleep. I tried a different working type cover and it also did not work on this SP3. How to Fix Surface Pro 3 Type Cover not working. I performed driver updates as noted before in Firmware for each Keyboard until the Surface Type Cover was installed.That's it. You must only use restart or shutdown, which is super inconvenient but at least your keyboard will work.Edit: The solution worked very briefly. Not entirely sure how this is OK from MS's perspective.Agree. If I look at Wacom Device Properties I see Device status --- This device cannot start (Code10) STATUS_DIVICE_DATA_ERROR.
A light appears on the Fn keys when the keys are locked into function mode. Microsoft store tried with their Pro 4 cover and it did not do the trick any more. A few reboots helped, and I'm noticing that my SP3 doesn't sleep when I close it up.

I've tried regediting Connected Standby I should preface I have done a full wipe of this machine so it has never recognized before but before it has worked. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts So frustrating!I know it's an old thread, but this just happened to my SP3, and I got it "fixed" by doing a forced shutdown following these instructions Press and hold the power button on your Surface for 30 seconds and then release it.Press and hold the volume-up button and the power button at the same time for at least 15 seconds and then release both. Anything but ordinary.Press J to jump to the feed. 아래 목록에서 Surface 모델을 선택한 다음, Surface용 사운드, 디스플레이, 이더넷 및 Wi-Fi 에 대한 최신 펌웨어 및 드라이버에 대해 첨부된 링크를 선택하세요.. 해당 장치의 다운로드 센터 세부 정보 페이지로 리디렉션됩니다.