Fix for an issue with the Surface Pro 3 and the Type Cover 3
This is a possible solution for when your Surface Pro 3 and the connected Type Cover can’t seem to find each other;
It helps in the case when the keyboard’s keys don’t light up when you connect it to the Surface; neither in Windows nor in the Surface’s configuration menu (accessible by holding Volume-Up and the start button on cold boot) and you see that in Windows’s Device Manager the “Surface Type Cover Filter Device” under “keyboards” does not show up as it is being hidden since Windows thinks it’s disconnected.
A solution
Try holding down the Power button and the Volume up button for 15 seconds. Then, wait a few seconds, and tap the Power button again. [Note: you only have to tap the power button to turn it on, don’t hold it down] Plug the Surface Pro 3 into the charger.
Skip to main content. Microsoft 365; Office; Windows; Surface; Xbox; Deals; Support. What I have noticed is that the Surface Type Cover drive are not listen in the Device Manager (see image below). These drives are necessary for the Type Cover to function, but despite updating and rebooting they are not installing again. Does anyone know of a way of reinstalling these independently.
Took me a couple of hours to find this information so I hope someone else might find this fix quicker as the help page on Microsoft’s Type Cover support page does not clearly state this action as a potential fix for the issue.
Surface Type Cover Filter Device Not Showing In Device Manager Mac
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I have spent hours on this , cleaning the port, rebooting in UFI, reinstalling windows from the Recovery Image, updating Windows to its latest version, following every possible advise I could find about this subject but nothing has solve the problem.
What I have noticed is that the Surface Type Cover drive are not listen in the Device Manager (see image below). These drives are necessary for the Type Cover to function, but despite updating and rebooting they are not installing again.
Does anyone know of a way of reinstalling these independently. I have downloaded them from a folder but do know know how to add them to the device manager.