Surface Pro 3 Wont Boot
To PXE boot a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 follow these steps: Plug in the Microsoft Ethernet Adaptor into the USB port I have tried other adaptors that other people say work, but I have not found success Power off the Surface – a reboot is not sufficient Press and HOLD the Volume DOWN button (on the left side of the tablet) Press and HOLD the Power button for FIVE seconds (on the top of the. Surface Pro 3 not getting past boot screen. Today I had the unfortunate experience of not being able to have my Surface Pro 3 turn on (after smashing the screen on my last one a few days ago – brilliant!) Thankfully, after trying many “solutions”, I came upon one which worked, so I thought I would share!
Today I had the unfortunate experience of not being able to have my Surface Pro 3 turn on (after smashing the screen on my last one a few days ago – brilliant!)
Thankfully, after trying many “solutions”, I came upon one which worked, so I thought I would share!
The problem I was facing was my Surface not getting past the boot screen, that black screen with the white “Surface” text and nothing else. I could not for the life of me get past that.
Follow the steps below to hard reset your Surface Pro 3 and you should be back to having a working Surface in no time! Note: Doing this on a Surface RT is known to absolutely kill it.
- With your surface turned off, press and hold the power button for 10 seconds. You should see the Surface logo pop up for a couple of seconds, and then your Surface turn off again.
- Wait 5 seconds.
- Press and hold both the power button and volume up button for 15 seconds. You should see the Surface logo pop up and go away, your screen may also flicker, your Surface will then turn off again.
- Wait 15 seconds.
- Press the power button. Your Surface should now turn on.
Did this work for you? I’d love to hear in the comments!
Surface Pro 3 Will Not Boot After Windows Update
The problem I ran into was PXE booting (Volume Down + Power) a Surface Pro 3 and found that it brought up the PXE boot IPv4 screen but when I pressed the ENTER key to continue nothing happened. I tried to bring up an On Screen Keyboard (OSD), plugging in an external keyboard, using a dock and using a different keyboard cover but that did not resolve it.
What did fix it was going in the bios (Volume Up + Power), deleting the SECURE BOOT KEYS, rebooting into the BIOS, installing the SECURE BOOT KEYS, rebooting and holding the Volume Up + Power for 15 seconds to reset the system.
I have done this dance several times and I think all you need to do is the so called “hard reset” which is:
Surface Pro 3 Will Not Boot From Usb
Press and hold the Volume UP button then press and hold to Power button for a minimum of 15 seconds. Ignore anything that flashes on the screen or backlights on the keyboard… just keep holding for 15 seconds.
then you can PXE boot again by::
Press and hold the Volume DOWN button then press and hold to Power button for 5 seconds
Let go of the Power button but keep holding the Volume DOWN button until the screen turns on
After that the keyboard worked as I expected on the PXE boot screen.