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Hi,
Recently, I’ve been experiencing very long booting times on my Surface Go 3. I tried repairing Windows and even reinstalling the entire system, but the booting was still much slower than before. Finally, I decided to perform a full recovery using the Surface Recovery Image, but without success. These are my latest boot times.
I have all latest updates (for example UEFI 16.106.143). And furthermore, I think the computer is stuck on the first loading screen with the Windows Logo (maybe something with the UEFI ?), booting on the second loading screen with the Win logo and rotating circle is quick as ever. Is there anything I can do?
EDIT: If anyone experience similar issue please upvote in the feedback hub: Updated Issue at Feedback Hub
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New UEFI version available, but only for win 11 users. I have win 10 on my surface. Can anybody with installed win 11 test it ? Problem solved ? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-go-3-update-history-f2a4db71-d2e3-42f5-8e8c-640f5acfe27b
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Installed it,but as slow as with the old version 😑
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I have installed 16.110.143.0 firmware update on surface go3, but it is still slow to boot UEFI. What can I do?
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Same here, I installed firmware version 16.110.143.0, long UEFI boot time is still not fixed!
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Same here, I installed firmware version 17.103.143.0, long UEFI boot time is still not fixed!
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Same here. already happened few months ago, still not fixed
I downgrade the uefi firmware in ubuntu,follow R X's answer,it works,now the go3 start quickly.The latest uefi contans bugs make you go3 slower.When i downgrade the uefi to 11.200.143,the slow-start problem is gone,just like pic below.
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When will Microsoft solve this problem? Did Microsoft know this problem? Already half year ago, the problem still here.
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Finally, update released 4/30 fixed the slow bootup! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=103504
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I installed the update and it's still exactly the same. Nothing has been resolved!
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On my Surface 3 Go the problem is fixed with the update today, login screen comes up max. 20 seconds after power on
works again for me, about 15-20 sec until login screen, yay :-)
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I'm having the same problem as well. Started sometime in October 2025. Only the UEFI part is affected. OS performance is unaffected. UEFI booting became slow. UEFI menu is very sluggish. Fresh install of OS and detaching all peripherals including keyboard, SIM card and MicroSD card does not help.
I've uploaded a video showing the issue. Hope someone can find a solution for this.
@Peter Gwee - It would be good if you and everyone else impacted would file a problem report using the Feedback Hub App.
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I already installed the latest recovery image, the latest driver and firmware package, and all Windows Updates. The BIOS time is still over 30 seconds and it doesn't matter what settings were done in the UEFI BIOS.
SurfaceGo3_BMR_12110_2025.1210.11375052
SurfaceGo3_Win11_22631_25.121.13675.0
If anyone experience similar issue please upvote in the feedback hub: https://aka.ms/AAkxm6
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I had a similar slowdown issue on my Surface device, and in my case the problem came from UEFI settings that were stuck after a Windows repair. Resetting UEFI to default, disabling Fast Boot, and then rebuilding the boot files with “bootrec /fixboot” and “bootrec /rebuildbcd” finally brought the startup time back to normal.
If the delay happens before the rotating circle appears, it usually means the firmware is waiting too long to initialize hardware. Removing all peripherals, resetting UEFI, and forcing a clean boot path can help.
For math and educational work, I normally use my Surface together with a TI-84 graphing calculator for quick checks, and this resource has been very helpful.
I had a similar slowdown issue on my Surface device, and in my case the problem came from UEFI settings that were stuck after a Windows repair. Resetting UEFI to default, disabling Fast Boot, and then rebuilding the boot files with “bootrec /fixboot” and “bootrec /rebuildbcd” finally brought the startup time back to normal.
If the delay happens before the rotating circle appears, it usually means the firmware is waiting too long to initialize hardware. Removing all peripherals, resetting UEFI, and forcing a clean boot path can help.
For math and educational work, I normally use my Surface together with a TI-84 graphing calculator for quick checks, and this resource has been very helpful: https://ti-84calculator.net
