Surface Pro 6 Gets New Firmware Update
- Mehedi Hassan
- Apr 06, 2019
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Microsoft released a new firmware update for the Surface Pro 6 earlier this week. On the 4th of April, Microsoft released a new set of updates for Surface Pro 6 devices running the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803) or newer.
The new update comes with the usual set of firmware updates, and there aren’t really any notable fixes. It does, however, come with a fix that resulted in the CPU throttling to a mere 400MHz in some cases, and it also improves battery stability, and Type Cover connectivity problems:
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| Windows Update History Name | Device Manager Name |
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Intel Corporation – Display – 24.20.100.6294 |
Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 – Display adapters
Intel(R) UHD Graphics 640 – Display adapters
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Intel Corporation –Extension – 24.20.100.6293 |
Intel(R) HD Graphics extension sub-component
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Surface – Firmware –Â 239.2638.257.0 |
Surface System Aggregator – Firmware
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Surface – System – 3.104.139.0 |
Surface Display Color – System devices
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Surface – System – 6.35.139.0 |
Surface Serial Hub Driver – System devices
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Surface Pro 6 isn’t the only Surface device that might have gotten a new update. German blog WindowsArea is reporting that the company also released a new set of firmware updates for the Pro 5 (Surface Pro), and it comes with a much longer list of fixes. Microsoft still hasn’t updated the update history page for the device listing the new update, though, so we aren’t quite sure if this update was actually shipped to users. Here’s the alleged changelog, anyway:
- Intel Corporation – Display – 24.20.100.6293: Improves the stability of the browser.
- Surface – Firmware – 239.2638.257.0: Improves the stability of the system.
- Surface – Firmware – 234.2344.769.0: Improves GPS location service and battery reliability.
- Intel – HIDClass – 3.1.0.3527: Improves system stability.
- Surface – HIDClass – 23.608.139.0: Improves system stability.
- Realtek Semiconductor Corp. – media – 6.0.1.8439: Improves system stability.
- Intel – SoftwareComponent – 1.49.213.1: Improves system stability.
- Realtek – SoftwareComponent – 11.0.6000.91: Improves system stability.
- Intel – Extension – 1.49.213.1: Improves system stability.
- Intel (R) Corporation – System – 9.21.00.3755: Improves the stability of the application of a music service.
- Intel system – 10.1.5.1: Improves system stability.
- Intel system – 10.1.10.2: Improves system stability.
- Intel System 8.4.11000.6436: Improves System Stability.
- Intel System 8.4.11000.6436: Improves System Stability.
- Intel System 3.1.0.3527: Improves system stability.
- Intel System 3.1.0.3527: Improves system stability.
- Intel System – 1815.12.0.2021: Improves system stability.
- Intel Corporation – System – 30.100.1823.1 IO GPIO Host Controller: Improves system stability.
- Intel Corporation – System – 30.100.1823.1 IO UART Host Controller: Improves system stability.
- Intel Corporation – System – 30.100.1823.1 IO 12C Host Controller: Improves system stability.
- Intel (R) Corporation – System – 9.21.00.3755:Â
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. – Universal Serial Bus controllers – 1.0.0.8439: Improves system stability. - Surface System – 5.7.139.0: Improves system stability.
- Surface – System – 3.21.139.0: Improves system stability.
As usual, you can get the latest firmware updates from Windows Update on your Surface device.