On my Surface I have 4 drivers -- 2 from Marvell, 2 from Microsoft. I used one of the Microsoft ones and it seems like my problems have gone away. After a lot of research I realized there maybe an issue with the Avastar Wireless-AC Network Controller, I feel this was confirmed when disabling the driver in the device manager, when. I went into the device manager and saw the Marvell Avastar network card was giving me errors with code 10 (the device could not be started). From the device manager, I pointed the Marvell wireless adapter to use a specific driver. On my Surface I have 4 drivers -- 2 from Marvell, 2 from Microsoft.
Quite a loud name, isn’t it? Let’s have a look at the specifications to have the first impression.
Specifications
Socket — LGA 1151
Chipset — Intel Z370
Form Factor — “EATX” (10.7” x 12” actual size)
Voltage Regulator — 18 Phases
USB Ports — 10Gbps: (1) Type-C, (1) Type A, 5Gb/s: (6) Type A
Network Jacks — (3) Gigabit Ethernet (1x PCIe share), (2) Wi-Fi Antenna
Audio Jacks — (6) Analog, (1) Digital Out
Other Ports/Jacks — CLR_CMOS, I/O-Panel Buttons
PCIe x16 (4) v3.0 ( x16/x0/x0/x4*, x8/x0/x8/x4*, x8/x4/x4/x4*), (*Excludes 3rd M.2, 3rd Ethernet, PCIe x1 slot)
PCIe x1 — (1) v3.0 (Shared with 4th PCIe x16 slot)
CrossFire/SLI — 4x / 2x
M.2 Slots — (3) PCIe 3.0 x4^ / SATA*, (1) M.2 Key-E (filled), (*Excludes ports 1, 3, 5, ^5-6 [M.2-3])
U.2 Ports — (1) PCIe 3.0 x4 (Consumes 2nd M.2)
SATA Ports — (6) 6Gb/s (SATA M.2s take pt 1, 3, 5, PCIe M.2-3 pts 5-6)
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Specifications
Socket — LGA 1151
Chipset — Intel Z370
Form Factor — “EATX” (10.7” x 12” actual size)
Voltage Regulator — 18 Phases
USB Ports — 10Gbps: (1) Type-C, (1) Type A, 5Gb/s: (6) Type A
Network Jacks — (3) Gigabit Ethernet (1x PCIe share), (2) Wi-Fi Antenna
Audio Jacks — (6) Analog, (1) Digital Out
Marvell Avastar Wireless Ac Network Surface
Legacy Ports/Jacks — (1) PS/2Other Ports/Jacks — CLR_CMOS, I/O-Panel Buttons
PCIe x16 (4) v3.0 ( x16/x0/x0/x4*, x8/x0/x8/x4*, x8/x4/x4/x4*), (*Excludes 3rd M.2, 3rd Ethernet, PCIe x1 slot)
PCIe x1 — (1) v3.0 (Shared with 4th PCIe x16 slot)
CrossFire/SLI — 4x / 2x
Surface Marvell Avastar Wireless Driver
DIMM Slots — (4) DDR4M.2 Slots — (3) PCIe 3.0 x4^ / SATA*, (1) M.2 Key-E (filled), (*Excludes ports 1, 3, 5, ^5-6 [M.2-3])
U.2 Ports — (1) PCIe 3.0 x4 (Consumes 2nd M.2)
SATA Ports — (6) 6Gb/s (SATA M.2s take pt 1, 3, 5, PCIe M.2-3 pts 5-6)
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