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My absolute favorite fact about the Surface is that if the battery runs out, the Surface Dock power is unable to bootstrap it. You have to plug in a charger N
by anonymars 5mo ago
My absolute favorite fact about the Surface is that if the battery runs out, the Surface Dock power is unable to bootstrap it. You have to plug in a charger
Not sure if that's still the case but truly astonishing
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-dock/troubleshoot-surface-dock-or-surface-docking-station#:~:text=If%20you%27re%20using%20a%20Surface%20Dock%3A%20If%20the%20Surface%20device%20battery%20is%20empty%2C%20first%20charge%20it%20using%20the%20power%20supply%20that%20came%20with%20the%20device%20for%20a%20few%20minutes%20before%20trying%20to%20charge%20with%20the%20Surface%20Dock%20again. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-dock/tro...
- cobalt 5mo agothere is a hidden paperclip button you can unlock it with
- acchow 5mo agoI had a similar issue with the Nikon Z5 full frame camera. It can be charged via the built-in USB-C socket only if the battery still has some charge. If the battery is fully dead, you have to remove it and charge it using the separate battery charger. That means you can't travel with only a USB-C cable.
- 10000truths 5mo agoTo be fair, my MacBook Pro had the same issue - if the battery was dead, charging via USB-C wouldn't work, it would need the MagSafe charger. Presumably because the USB controller needs power in order to negotiate power delivery.
- cthalupa 5mo agoNever had this issue with any of my MBP. I never even have magsafe available, couldn't tell you where a USB-C to magsafe cable is in my house if my life depended on it.
- 10000truths 5mo agoIn my specific case, the laptop was already at low (<10%) battery when I closed the lid, and it sat for several days without a top-up.
- dansquizsoft 5mo agoWhile not quite what you are saying here, I have found that I like usbc charging on my 15in m3 MacBook Air way more than its magsafe. The magsafe is always falling out as soon as I move the computer on and off my lap and is another cable that I can only use for one purpose. Nowhere near as good as it was back in the early 2010s macbook days...
- jazzyjackson 5mo agoThey are saying they don’t own a MagSafe cable and have never experienced the above anecdote of a MacBook that was too dead to be charged by USBC alone. Likewise, my M1 MacBook Pro has only ever been charged by USBC and I let it die all the way often.
- StilesCrisis 5mo agoI've owned many MacBooks and have never experienced this. I usually just dump the MagSafe in the attic and use USB-C for everything.
- daemin 5mo agoI would have thought that the default 5V coming through the cable should be enough to power on the chip and negotiate power delivery though? Or was it actually working but charging only on 5V and taking a long time to wake up?
- 10000truths 4mo agoPerhaps this was the case.
- paaradise 5mo agoSeems weird. What charger? AT least 60W USBC?
- a-french-anon 5mo agoSame here, M2 MBP. Got it in that state because it woke up after I stored it. Macs have some of these problems too, just less.
- jansan 5mo agoMacBooks recently had this bug that you had to connect it to LAN in order to initialize it, or return it to the shop. It's not all perfect in Apple world. Still, Windows is a problem here. I wonder what the monthly fee is to get rid of the ads?
- StilesCrisis 5mo agoNot sure what you're talking about. Almost no one has Ethernet anymore. This would be national news-level failure.
- scrlk 5mo agoA bug affecting M5 MBAs & MBPs made it impossible to connect to a WiFi network on the activation screen. The workaround was to use an Ethernet dongle: https://x.com/TheBobPony/status/2033958150936703363 https://x.com/TheBobPony/status/2033958150936703363