It will be very soon in geological time, its all relative.I thought the press conference today was basically saying that the finished build of Win10 would be coming out very soon. Maybe just wishful thinking on my part.
Solved Win10 rendered my SP3 unusable
- Thread starter malberttoo
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VickiFL
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I know what this is.
Between the black flashes (display driver crashing) try to right click the start button and choose device manager. Uninstall the display adaptor. Restart.
This should fix your Surface.
I just updated my Windows 10 build and had the exact issues you're experiencing, I realised back in Windows 8.1 I played around with Intel display drivers vs Microsoft update Intel drivers. Uninstall and restart solved all my problems.
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malberttoo
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Thanks, this was definitely the issue. The machine always crashed before I could get the display driver to uninstall, so I did it in Safe Mode.
The driver that was there was the Intel 10.18.10.3282.
Something is a little messed up still though, because even though I have run through Windows update, which gave me a firmware update pack from the 15th and included the Intel 10.18.14.4029 graphics driver, my SP3 is still using only the Microsoft Basic Driver. I'm a little hesitant to get the driver from Intel.
As well, it says my Win10 build is 9841, is that what you guys have as well?
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malberttoo
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Nothing showing up yet in preview build. It looks like it just came out though? Maybe I need to wait a bit.
The ISO is available online if you want to do it that way? Otherwise I'm in the same boat on build 9879, my display driver is stuck at Microsoft basic. I'm inclined to download the driver pack for the Surface that came out at the back end of last year, my last resort is a refresh keeping my files via Windows 10 recovery at start up.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=38826
Does your sleep work or give you a black screen hang?
Let me know if you get a breakthrough.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=38826
Does your sleep work or give you a black screen hang?
Let me know if you get a breakthrough.
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malberttoo
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Ok well, having told me that about your existing display driver, I may go ahead and do a clean install then. I have never used the Intel driver from their site, I've always used the driver that MS delivers through Windows Update. The only thing I've ever messed with graphics-wise, was early on, I used the Surface Tweak Tool (http://www.surfaceforums.net/threads/surface-tweak-tool-for-surface-pro-2-release.8219/) to try and adjust my black level. Watching shows and movies on the SP3, the dark parts were way too dark. The tweak tool didn't really do anything for me though.
You never tried installing Intel's driver directly from their site?
I did indeed, I was running a beta driver. I'm downloading the January 2015 driver pack for the surface pro 3 now and I'll give you the results in about 10 minutes. Might save you a refresh.
Hi
Had exactly the same tonight.
I fixed it by rebooting with 'volume down' held down.
Then I reset my settings.
When I went through the start up process I didn't select a previous setup. I created a new one. Same account but no settings and installs hanging around.
Black flashing has gone.
And now I have a funky windows 10 Surface Pro 3
Happy happy joy joy.
Had exactly the same tonight.
I fixed it by rebooting with 'volume down' held down.
Then I reset my settings.
When I went through the start up process I didn't select a previous setup. I created a new one. Same account but no settings and installs hanging around.
Black flashing has gone.
And now I have a funky windows 10 Surface Pro 3
Happy happy joy joy.
