Surface Pro 3 Type Cover Filter Device Missing

16-09-2021
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Microsoft has recently released new driver and firmware updates for the Surface Pro (Model 1796) and Surface Pro with LTE Advanced (Model 1807) devices running Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and above. These updates include improvements to system stability and reliability, and also fixes several potential security vulnerabilities including Microsoft security advisory ADV180012 and ADV180013. Find the full change log below.

Surface Pro 3 Type Cover Filter Device Missing
  • Microsoft Surface ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery v1.2.28.0 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) AVStream Camera 2500 – Camera v30.15063.6.6082) improves system stability
  • Intel(R) HD Graphics 615 – Display adapters v24.20.100.6136 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 – Display adapters v24.20.100.6136 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) HD Graphics 640 – Display adapters v24.20.100.6136 improves system stability
  • Surface Integrated Sensor Hub Firmware v56.747.12.0 improves system stability
  • Surface Management Engine Firmware v11.8.50.3448 improves system stability
  • Surface System Aggregator Firmware v234.2237.257.0 improves system stability
  • Surface UEFI Firmware v234.2278.769.0 improves security
  • HID PCI Minidriver for ISS – Human Interface Devices v3.1.0.3524 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) Precise Touch Device – Human Interface Devices v1.2.0.100 improves system stability
  • Surface 3 Type Cover Integration – Human Interface Devices v2.0.304.0 improves system stability
  • Surface PTP Filter – Human Interface Devices v1.0.183.0 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) Display Audio – Sound, video and game controllers v10.25.0.8 improves system stability
  • Realtek High Definition Audio(SST) – Sound, video and game controllers v6.0.1.8242 improves system stability
  • Microsoft Control Logic – System devices v30.15063.6.6082 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) CSI2 Host Controller – System devices v30.15063.6.6082 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) Imaging Signal Processor 2500 – System devices v30.15063.6.6082 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) Integrated Sensor Solution – System devices v3.1.0.3524 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) Management Engine Interface – System devices v11.7.0.1057 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) Serial IO GPIO Host Controller – System devices v30.100.1725.1 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) Serial IO 12C Host Controller – System devices v30.100.1725.1 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) Serial IO UART Host Controller – System devices v30.100.1725.1 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) Smart Sound Technology (Intel(R) SST) Audio Controller – System devices v9.21.0.3347 improves system stability
  • Intel(R) Smart Sound Technology (Intel(R) SST) OED – System devices v9.21.0.3347 improves reliability coming out of sleep, and Cortana functionality
  • Microsoft Camera Front– System devices v30.15063.6.6082 improves system stability
  • Microsoft Camera Rear – System devices v30.15063.6.6082 improves system stability
  • Microsoft IR Camera Front – System devices v30.15063.6.6082 improves system stability
  • ISS Dynamic Bus Enumerator – System devices v3.1.0.3524 improves system stability
  • Surface Accessory Device – System devices v1.1.511.0 improves system stability
  • Surface ACPI Notify Driver – System devices v3.1.136.0 improves system stability
  • Surface Display Color – System devices v3.13.136.0 improves system stability
  • Surface Integration Service Device – System devices v3.2.136.0 improves system stability
  • Surface Radio Monitor – System devices v2.10.136.0 improves cellular connection performance and reliability
  • Surface Serial Hub Driver – System devices v4.1.136.0 improves system stability
  • Surface Storage Firmware Update – System devices v1.1.1158.0 improves system stability

You can download these updates through Windows Update. If you are interested, you can order Surface Pro from Microsoft Store here.

Fix for an issue with the Surface Pro 3 and the Type Cover 3

Open Device Manager, and expand Keyboards section, and then right-click Surface Type Cover Filter Device.; Select Uninstall device OK. Restart your Surface. This will make Windows see it as a new. Surface pro keyboard not working fixSurface pro keyboard and touch pad not working.

Surface Pro 3 Type Cover Filter Driver

In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options. On the Security tab, click the Trusted Sites icon. Click Sites and then add these website addresses one at a time to the list: You can only add one address at a time and you must click Add after each one.

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.

Surface Type Cover Filter Device Missing

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.

Surface Pro 3 Type Cover Driver Download

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.

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