Fix for an issue with the Surface Pro 3 and the Type Cover 3
When mine stopped working it was enough to delete some items from device manager and do a reboot where installed itself again. Device Manager HID (Human Interface Devices) From there i deleted 'Surface Pro Type Cover Integration' and 'Surface PTP Filter' and after reboot my cover and touchpad worked again. PC Matic Band featured on National Talk Show! Bet YOUR Computer Security Company doesn't have a band. Network Products Guide 2018 IT World Awards. Surface Type Cover Filter Device - Driver Download. Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Surface Type Cover Filter Device. Whenever it was connected, either it'd cause the Surface to sleep (as soon as it was connected), or the trackpad would stop working. I decided to update all the drivers/firmware via the Surface Pro 3 MSI. Windows Updates claims to be up to date. Device Manager states that the Type Cover driver is missing. Where exactly do I get the driver for this? Do not check the box to delete the driver 14. Open the dropdown for Keyboards 16. Right click on Surface Touch Cover Filter Device 17. Click on Uninstall 18. Do not check the box to delete the driver 19. Click on OK Do the same for all the items in Keyboard and for the Other Devices. Restart your Surface.
If restarting and re-attaching doesn't fix the problem, try reinstalling the driver for your Surface Cover. For Surface Type Cover. Select the search box in the taskbar, enter device manager, and select Device Manager in the results. Expand Keyboards. Right-click Surface Type Cover Filter Device. Select Uninstall OK. Restart your Surface.
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 Not Showing In Device Manager Windows 10
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.
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.