If your Microsoft Surface has become frozen at the “Surface” screen or has a black screen, try these steps to force a shutdown and reset it.
- Press and hold the “Power” button for 30 seconds.
- Press and hold the “Volume Up” and “Power” buttons simultaneously for 20 seconds. You should feel the device eventually vibrate.
- Wait about 10 seconds, then press the “Power” button to power the Surface Pro 3 back on.
Hopefully, your Surface restarts without any more problems.
S. brand says
This restart occurs often, about once every two hours of operation time.. Pressing down on the power button or F5 power is not a solution to the core problem. Microsoft has a hardware or firmware issue that needs to be fixed. This is supposed to be a top of the line laptop and is priced like one, but this freezing issue is a major problem that is not being addressed by the manufacturer.
Steve says
Perfect
Mary says
Tried these steps, Surface Pro turns on but doesn’t turn on. Asks for password, indicates just a moment and sits there forever. It looks like it wants to sign in but doesn’t. Can you recommand anything to fix this?
Yousif says
Hi
I have Microsoft Surface pro I7
I have problem my Surface frozen at restart
I try those steps but it still doesn’t work
What can I do?
Thanks
Rhea says
Brilliant
Dawn McCarthy says
Thank you. Number 2 worked for me.