Fine for a keyboard/touchpad only

These Power Covers are brand new in box, but old stock. Due to sitting in their boxes since roughly late-2013, the 4 internal Lithium Ion battery's have slowly discharged below their cut off voltage, so are unable to be recharged, and means that the Power Cover is useless except for a sturdy keyboard/touchpad without the backlight. These suiposably can be repaired if you don't mind doing some surgery on your Power Cover, you can look up "how to bring a Surface Power Cover back from the dead" for directions on how to do it. I personally did not have success with bringing the Power cover back to life, but i'm not sure exactly why, as the Lithium cells came back to life once I brought the manually back up to a stable voltage. It just say's its charging but the percentage never changes. Your might have more success with yours.Read full review

Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned