When you try to install the Surface Pro 3 .msi file on a device, you receive the following error message:
This device is not a Surface Pro 3. Please choose the right device in order to proceed. Aborting this operation.
If you run MSINFO32 in this situation and check the model (or run a WMI query for the model), the device may report "OE" or "O_E_M_C." You expect it to report “Surface Pro 3.”
Note
This behavior is random and may not occur after you restart or reimage the computer. It primarily occurs when you're resuming from sleep or hibernation.