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How can I tell which Surface Pro I have?

Anonymous
2019-01-21T00:01:27+00:00

I bought my Surface Pro in July 2017 and recently lost the adaptor. I've bought a new one, but it's more bulky than the old one - 102W.

So I bought another adaptor for travel, which is 36W. It fitted, but didn't power the Surface Pro.

The thing is, I don't know whether I have a Surface Pro 3, 4, 5 or 6. When you look in system information it just says 'Surface Pro' under system model. I can't find any info anywhere on what power adaptor it should run off - there are loads of adaptors available 36W, 40W, 44W, 65W and 102W. Am I using too powerful an adaptor? Was the 36W one not powerful enough? Clearly everyone who owns a Surface Pro knows exactly what model they have and what adaptor they need, and only the laughably thick people like me feel they have to ask.

Please help

Tom

Surface | Surface Pro | USB-C

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-01-21T23:57:32+00:00

    Hello, the "Surface Pro i7 model 1796" is the Surface Pro from 2017, aka Surface Pro 5.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Pro_(2017)

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-01-22T15:17:16+00:00

    Hi Tom, please look at How to charge Surface for Surface power supplies and charging requirements. (pasted below)

    Power supply unit model # Surface model Main charger USB port on charger Total wattage
    1800 Surface Book 2 13 inch (without Nvidia GPU) 15 volts @ 2.58 amps=39 watts 5 volts @ 1 amp=5 watts 44 watts
    Surface Pro (5th Gen)
    Surface Pro (5th Gen) with LTE Advanced
    Surface Pro 6
    Surface Laptop (1st Gen)
    Surface Laptop 2

    Hope this helps,

    Greg

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-01-21T02:43:40+00:00

    Hello TomAllen-S.

    If you would like to know what is your surface model that the easiest way to do it use the surface app.

    Look here (you should download it from Microsoft store): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface/9wzdn...

    Some more recommendations you can find here: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/for...

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