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Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra update fixes reboot and display bugs
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The firmware update should resolve screen flickering, slow reboots, and unexpected restart issues.
The firmware update should resolve screen flickering, slow reboots, and unexpected restart issues.
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Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra was blighted by some nuisance bugs at launch, but now the company has released some new firmware to resolve them. The October 22 release addresses three issues notable issues in particular: screen flickering, unexpected restarts, and lengthy reboot times, alongside unspecified “additional bug fixes and general performance improvements,” according to Microsoft’s announcement.
My colleague Tom Warren experienced some of these issues when he reviewed the Surface Laptop Ultra, finding that rebooting the device was “surprisingly slow,” and that “moving a window around rapidly sometimes left a little trail.” He also ran into some speaker interference issues that were “loud enough to sound like firecrackers” and resolved upon rebooting the Surface Laptop Ultra, but found that “it’s happened a couple of times now” — We’ve asked Microsoft if this is one of the additional bug fixes included in the update.
In its announcement, Microsoft says some additional steps “may be required” for Surface Laptop Ultra users after installing this firmware update: