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A couple of moths ago there was a 'battery limit' enabled in the charger. Normally, when you enable it, BOTH batteries do not charge over about 50%. For devices that are plugged in all of the time, that is supposed to help battery life. For a time, before the firmware fix, the feature could only...

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Since I am normally on AC, I think I will turn that on. Shouldn't hurt, and I don't need much more battery life.

Has anyone seen a USB to Surface Pro power cable? Yes, I know that would be 5 volts in, and 12 volts out. And even if it worked, you would be lucky to get 10 watts or so of SLOW charge. I'm asking, because I recently was at a location for a couple of days with my SP3, and no charger. I had my...

I have not done it. I did take apart a an original Surface and repaired the power switch (I had dropped it and damaged it. All would have been well, but when I separated the display I inadvertently pulled on the short display cable, and that led to other issues...

Are you in portrait or landscape when it overheats? I have only had mine overheat a couple of times. Both of those, I was in portrait mode, and I was inadvertently blocking the vent holes just to the right of where you have the X in that photo. Have you tried a USB fan in the hot area of the...

Is the new battery dead? Do you have a meter to measure the batteries?

I have two access points, each has the same SSID. One on channel 1, and one on channel 11. (2.4ghz) Often, even when close to the channel 1 AP, my SP3 connects to the channel 11 AP that is far away. And I get very poor WiFi, or none at all. Using a WiFi analyzer, it looks like the poor signal is...

Since it appears that the processor is still going at 'full speed', I don't think it would be a sleep issue. Sounds like a glitch in the display driver.

I'll bet you can get the screen repair for a reasonable cost. I have a feeling that something goofy with the touch screen to confusing the boot process. Nothing the back that up, I just suspect the is a connection there.

I got my replacement Book 2 yesterday. So far, I haven't found any issues (other than the annoyance of needing to reload everything). No more flashing display on battery power. :)

I had sort of forgotten about this being a problem, since I always used the charger. But recent changes had me using battery power more often, and the strobing display was too annoying. I worked with support, and ended up doing a full factory reset. The display still flashing after the reset. So...

I use a 32000mwh power bank set to 12 volts when I go out on the porch swing with just the clipboard. The 12 volts holds the power, and charges VERY slowly. But it works for me. The cord I got off Amazon is pretty long. The power bank is a pretty heavy brick though. A simple DC power cord can be...

Sleep will kill the battery over a week or so. You need to verify that the power settings are configured to eventually power completely off, or to go to hibernate. I have good luck with hibernate, so people say it is the devils work. :)

Yea, I got an SB2, 15", 512G because of the sale price. I think it is just a seasonal thing. We'll see.

That may be it. My Pro 3 and Book 1 have had the vertical streak. This Book 2 has the occasional vertical streak. And the flashing may be related. I'm not sure what triggers it. Edit: Not Edge. I closed everything (via Task Manager). On battery power, I often get a 'flash', a few seconds later...

It is not a 'physical' thing like a loose connection. I'm 99.99999% sure. It may be related to when I have Edge open, as I have it open most of the time and I have not seen under other apps. But then it is random so...... I found one article about flashing displays, that recommended deleting...

I got a good Black Friday deal on a 15 inch Book 2. So far, everything has been working pretty well. But I have one annoying issue. When on battery power, the display will occasionally flicker. With or without an app running. Sometimes it doesn't do it for a few minutes, and sometimes it does...

I don't think that is correct. As far as I can tell the graphics engine is powered by the battery system.

So, I have a Book 1, from 2015. It does what I want, but I am itching for a change. No good reason.... I am thinking of getting a Book 2 15 inch. The larger screen will help my old eyes a little. And I want to move up from 256 to 512 of storage. (though the micro SDHC card is generally...