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You're making me want to get a SP6 myself with that review! My SB2 15" is still going strong since 2017.

It is strange that your magnetic charger falls out. I'm sure that is very annoying. Are you using an OEM charger? My China-made Surface Book charger has a weak magnetic connection, also. My more expensive Microsoft branded charger works fine.

This is what my Surface Book 2 15" shows in Device Manager

No - this will permanently damage your Surface. You may want to find a computer repair shop that you feel might be competent, and one you can trust. If you go this route, stay with your machine during the process, and do not reveal any passwords or passcodes to the repair professional.

Seems to be a grounding issue. Sometimes even my Surface Book 2 shocks my wrists or legs a bit while charging. That is part of the reason I put vinyl skins on the aluminum casing. The effect does not go away for me when reversing the AC polarity (hot vs. common) with the figure 8 cord or the...

Okay. I had this happen to me with a Surface Book Pro 3 in 2016. I took it to a Microsoft Store (West Texas). I had my doubts that anything could fix it. The machine had Windows 8 installed and worked fine until (I think) I inadvertently made a change to the Boot menu. Then I could not even...

One thing to check: Make sure nothing is in the micro-SD slot.

I agree it may be a software driver issue. What is troubling, however, is that the problem seems to be getting worse. How about doing a "Reset my PC" procedure, with option "Keep my files" as a first step.

I can simulate this problem by gently holding my finger lightly on ANY touchscreen running Windows 10 or 11 on the top right of the screen or anywhere else. Initially, the touch produces a circle, then brings up the righ-click context menu with "View, Sort by ...,", etc. So this seems to be a...

Yes, Model 1776.

Hi, @wonk The Surface Pen with two side buttons and one top button (three buttons total) is compatible and fully functional with the Surface Pro 3 and the (rare) Surface 3. When using the pen for your Surface Pro 5, the pen tip likely works just fine for drawing, but the pen is only connected...

Yes, Windows 11 will install apps you owned, and your data, from OneDrive. You did indeed make a good deal with that price.

Hooo boy. There is a can of worms here, @paddypower, regarding disabling of Windows Update. There are many agents within Windows software components which seek updates, and many even start the Windows Update Service. You can pause updates for a time, but there exists no permanent method to...

You may have a dirty connection at the hinge port. My Surface Book 2 did this and drove me crazy for a couple of months. I disconnected the screen (clipboard) from the base (keyboard) and looked at the connector with a bright pen light. I found a few metallic fibers hanging around there...

Welcome the forum, @Mountainhiker. Thanks for the very clear description of what you have in mind. The Surface Pro 8 seems to be a good fit. It has a 13 inch screen edge-to-edge. Battery life is good according to a couple of my colleagues, who even use it on international travels. This...

Well I'm glad you found a workaround (keep battery charged), But of course, computers should not work like that.

Checking in on your OSK troubles, @Skycron. Fixed up yet? Also, are you avoiding Windows 11 deliberately?

Could be that your keyboard is changing to a different "layout". Try pressing Alt+SHIFT . Does that help?

Bizarre problem, @Skycron . I will look around a bit to try to help.

To help isolate the problem, have you tried using a YouTube capture utility to save the stream? The reason I ask is that I used to have this problem on a SP3 (Windows 10, Firefox) around 2018, and found that I could save YouTube streams to MP4 or AVI with no problem, though I would get a black...