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Summary
This update implements changes to meet European Union (EU) regulatory requirements.
How to get this update
Windows Update
This update will be downloaded and installed automatically. It will be listed in the Windows Update history as follows:
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. driver update for Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for installing this update.
Restart information
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Update replacement information
Avastar Driver
This update doesn't replace a previously released update.
File information
Surface Avastar Driver
Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller (v15.68.9114.29)
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I've had the system since around Jan 2017, but am finding that fairly often the network drops out.
Currently my Marvell AVASTAR driver is Band=auto,coalesce-enabled, wake=enabled, wmm-ps=optimized with driver 15.68.9114.29 dated 09/02/2017
I've tried going back to the factory image, as well as fast forwarding to the latest insider build, but across the spectrum the behaviour is consistent
Sometimes I open the surface to find the network status icon just showing a red cross
sometimes this happens after a little period of trying to connect (networks with a *, then lines showing connected, then cycling)
Usually the device manager shows the adapter as not present after this occurs
The kind of errors I see in the log include:
Connectivity state in standby: Disconnected, Reason: NIC compliance
Miniport Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller, {45f9c8af-4ce3-410e-9981-9887eccf0128}, had event Fatal error: The miniport has failed a power transition to operational power
Miniport Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller, {45f9c8af-4ce3-410e-9981-9887eccf0128}, had event Fatal error: The miniport has detected an internal error
Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller : Has determined that the network adapter is not functioning properly.
I've also seen
- 'This device cannot start / This device does not exist' in device manager (probably when I left the UI open)
I gather the same chip manages Bluetooth, but this seems to work -- for example the surface pen will continue to work perfectly even when the adapter is missing
When a issue occurs a reboot will fix it - without moving the device etc
I've been thinking that surely this is a driver issue, but now wondering if it could be bad hardware
It could also relate to my personal config/networking, though there are two other identical SP4 and they don't appear to suffer this issue, the only difference I can think is my logged in userid - and precanned wifi config that gets pulled in.
Any ideas? Any debug/tracing I can do on the adapter that might help? Any new firmware/driver levels? Any offline diagnostics? Or am I looking at sending in for repair/replace?