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Thanks for the feedback. No, I do not have HyperV enabled, and it's definitely connected standby (as evidenced by powercfg /a). I do NOT get the Surface reboot screen though, so mine is definitely not going into hiberate mode after 4 hours for some reason--it's apparently just staying in...

Rlarsen, I can't tell you what's typical in 4 hours, but are all of your Connected Standby reports maxing out at 4 hours? Here's a report from a sleepstudy I did this morning, and mine is showing connected standby at 19+ hours. Is that normal, or should it max out at 4? For the record I lost...

Unfortunately I think the answer is no. I also prefer tradition sleep. With every laptop I've owned over the past 5 years or so, I would lose like 0.1% per hour or so while on tradition sleep. On the Surface, it's more like 0.3 to 0.5% per hour. For instance, according to a sleepstudy...

Dang that's very noticeable. Keep us posted. I would hope MS would fix something like that under warranty even if your 30 day return period was expired.

I've seen internet rumors of a Surface Mini, but never of a larger Surface... so I probably wouldn't wait around :) Also, having owned an SP3 for a few days now, I think my general recommendation to folks is that it's a great device if you think you will use it in tablet mode frequently. If...

I think I'm going to get one of the Stickerboy skins just for the back side of the device. Is it significantly "grippier" than the naked SP3? Which model did you get? I'm curious if all of them add the same amount of grippiness, or, for instance, if the carbon fiber might be textured and...

Make sure you have Windows Update KB2968599 installed -- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2968599. When I did a clean install of Windows 8.1, this update did not get installed by Windows update for some reason, and my top pen button did not work until I installed it manually. Edit: One other...

Sorry, I'm not aware of a full sized BT4 keyboard, but are you saying that your BT4 mouse uses noticeably less battery than a wireless mouse with a USB dongle? Which BT4 mouse are you using?

Just discovered one thing that apparently does need to be done manually. The top button on the Surface Pen was not working. I had to manually install Windows Update KB2968599, and now everything is working as expected. Not sure why that particular update was not installed by Windows Update...

Here are a couple of other threads on this issue: http://www.surfaceforums.net/threads/has-anybody-formatted-ssd-and-clean-installed-win-8-1.10767/ http://www.surfaceforums.net/threads/clean-install-of-windows-8-1-on-sp3.9609/ For the record, I did NOT have to disable Secure Boot. Anyways...

I also have an Amex extended warranty but will probably by MS Complete. Normally, I wouldn't buy an extended warranty on a piece of computer equipment. But since I intend to treat this more like a tablet I figure my odds of dropping it are about 10x higher than my typical odds of dropping a...

I don't know if this is what's happening, but it could be that the reason the heat hasn't increased is precisely because the fan has spun up. So, indexing begins, heat increases a little bit, fan spins up and returns heat to lower level. So by the time you notice the fan and look at your temp...

Just to test, you should see if your speeds improve substantially if you disable Bluetooth. A number of folks (including myself) have reported this. Also, my speeds on 5 GHz are normal, whereas my speeds on 2.4 GHz are reduced unless I disable Bluetooth.

Are there instructions anywhere for installing it? I went to Intel's site today and ran the applet that checks your driver versions, and it told me there was a new version of the Intel HD Graphics 4400 available. But as stated by another poster above, when I tried to install it, it wouldn't...

Sorry this isn't an answer, but were you still within the 30 day return window? if so I'm a bit shocked they didn't do the exchange.

I'm having wifi issues with the SP3 I bought yesterday, so I tried this Bluetooth test. Sure enough, Bluetooth enabled and my downlink was 40Mbps. Bluetooth disabled and it immediately jumps to ~80 Mbps. My uplink suffers as well, though only to the tune of about 25%. Also, I notice that it...

Does it have the yellow exclamation point? Does ANYBODY else have the yellow exclamation point on the C: drive?

First time was a microsoft account. Had so many issues that, after I did the reset, I just did a local account. Yellow exclamation point on C: drive both times. Never seen it before on any computer I've owned. Strangely, if I go into BitLocker from control panel, it gives me the option to...

Sorry to revive an old thread, but I bought an i5/4GB SP3 today. I didn't mess around with anything, and on the very first boot, I had a yellow exclamation point on the C: drive. Didn't really worry about it. But I was having other problems as well, such as my battery saying 0% and saying...

Well, I bought an SP3 today at the Microsoft Store. Plugged in, went through the routine setup, and immediately noticed the red X over the battery and the popup window that says "Battery not detected." What a buzz kill. Did anybody ever solve this problem, or is the solution to do an...