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• Patching embedded code

  Posted on February 24, 2025 at 02:45 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 22.08 • 2025-02-24

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  I’m here to state that patching firmware is easy.

  Easy, that is, if you can get over a big hurdle — knowing what device you have and where to find the proper firmware update.

  If you have a home-built or custom-built computer, often the hardest part is remembering which motherboard and accessory cards were installed. Then something turns out to be not quite right, and you’re in a pickle.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.08.0, 2025-02-24).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Patch Watch BIOS, Drivers, Firmware, Firmware Update, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, Printers, Surface firmware update, System Information Viewer

• Surface firmware/driver updates galore

  Posted on August 5, 2019 at 15:12 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I see new firmware/driver updates for:

  Surface Pro 6

  Surface Pro without a version number (which is to say, 5)

  Surface Laptop (version 1)

  Surface Laptop 2

  Surface Book

  Surface Book 2

  There doesn’t appear to be any specific theme, just a big bunch of fixes.

  Microsoft News Surface firmware update

• Anybody out there with a Surface Pro 3 and no Dock?

  Posted on April 20, 2016 at 10:27 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If so, do you see the new firmware updates?

  I have an SP3, no dock, and I’m not seeing any firmware updates. It may be a timing issue – the updates are rolling out on a staggered basis – but it may be that only SP3 + Dock machines get the firmware patch.

  Full report coming shortly in InfoWorld. There are problems – and I hit a couple of them.

  Windows Patches/Security Surface firmware update