Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 Hardware/Firmware Updates Released for System Stability and Performance

Microsoft's flagship Surface hardware devices are getting updated firmware and drivers to help with system stability and performance.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

March 8, 2017

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Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 Hardware/Firmware Updates Released for System Stability and Performance

If you have a Surface Book or Surface Pro 4 then you want to head into Windows Update and grab the latest firmware and hardware drivers for these devices as they are being shipped to address system stability and performance among other areas.

These updates are the first since January 2017 for Surface Pro 4 and you have to go all the way back to November 2016 to find the last set of these updates for Surface Book.

Here are the updated driver/firmware version numbers for each device, the link to download the update package from the Microsoft Download site if you need it for pushing the updates out to your users, and what issues the update addresses.

Surface Pro 4

  • Surface UEFI (v106.1427.768.0) improves system stability and performance.

  • Surface Display (v1.0.6.1) updates the display panel driver.

  • Surface NVM Express Controller (v11.0.0.1) improves storage performance.

  • Intel(R) Management Engine Interface (v11.6.0.1042) improves system stability on startup.

Surface Book

  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M (v21.21.13.7667) improves system stability.

  • Surface UEFI (v90.1427.768.0) improves system stability and performance.

  • Surface NVM Express Controller (v11.0.0.1) improves storage performance.

  • Intel(R) Management Engine Interface (v11.6.0.1042) improves system stability on startup.

  • Surface Integration (v1.1.328.0) improves battery life during sleep.

  • Surface Integration Service Device (v1.0.241.0) improves device stability.

  • Surface USB Hub Firmware Update (v1.0.519.0) improves stability and power utilization of the USB hub in the device base.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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