Newest update for the Surface Pro 6 and Book 2 is causing CPU and Wi-Fi troubles

If you own Surface Pro 6 and Surface Book 2, now might not be the best time to update your devices. Some owners of these two products have been experiencing CPU throttling and Wi-Fi issues. The company is said to be working on fixes for both problems. Some users have complained of CPU speeds slowing down with processors getting throttled all the way down to just 400MHz. But it doesn't seem clear what's causing the problem. According to TechRepublic, this could be related to an Intel CPU flag being locked on by mistake, causing the processor to throttle speeds because it thinks it's at a thermal limit.

As for the Wi-Fi issue, some users have complained that the latest Marvel Wi-Fi driver, which was supplied with Microsoft's Surface firmware updates on August 1st, isn't letting devices to connect to some 5GHz wireless networks. The Verge reports that they've experienced this issue on a Surface Pro 6 device and the problem could be related to certain router combinations. If you experiencing the Wi-Fi issues on a Surface device since the updates earlier this month, one suggestion is you can roll back the driver in the device manager, which will restore your access to 5GHz networks.

Microsoft refreshes the Surface Book 2

Microsoft just announced a spec bump for the 13.5-inch Surface Book 2. It’s getting a configuration with an Intel 8^th-gen quad-core i5 chip, 256GB storage, and 8GB of RAM. This model retails for US$1,499 (around CA$2,000). The 8^th-gen Core i7 model with 512GB storage will go for $1,000 more. Meanwhile, you can also still get the 7^th-gen Core i5 model for $200 off. We don’t have any word yet if this will be coming here, but we will update you when we here more.

Source: TechCrunch