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WHY would I want to Eject my Graphics card?

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I recently noticed under the system tray Safely remove icon that there is a new option to eject my GTX 980 since last driver update. Its not supposed to be there, what will happen if I pressed it? anyone have same thing?
fAbS
 
Its the newest driver from nvidia that does it. It has something to do with a thunderbolt(or could it be usb3 instead?) update to the driver(from what ive read around the web) but for some reason it affects cards that doesnt have that which would be all current and old gen nvidia cards. Atleast thats what ive read.. i have no confirmed knowledge only speculation.
 
I recently noticed under the system tray Safely remove icon that there is a new option to eject my GTX 980 since last driver update. Its not supposed to be there, what will happen if I pressed it? anyone have same thing?
fAbS


NVidia are aware and will be fixed in the next driver release apparently.

Lots of other people getting the issue with the 361.75 driver.

https://forums.geforce.com/default/...dia-geforce-gtx-970-quot-on-the-system-tray-/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9997/nvidia-releases-36175-whql-game-ready-driver
https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/42z3yr/drivers_36175_new_feature_devices_and_printers/


Interesting one though!
 
If you eject it, your nvidia GPU will bust out of the top of your case then parachute to the ground in a daring spectacle of CGI and glitter.
 
It's for future external GPUs

You can remove the option by editing the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nvlddmkm set SurpriseRemovalSupport to 0, then reboot.
 
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I got this too. Glad you made the thread because I assumed I had somehow buggered something up lol
 
It's for future external GPUs

You can remove the option by editing the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nvlddmkm set SurpriseRemovalSupport to 0, then reboot.

Does Microsoft really call it SupriseRemovalSupport? It has definitely lived up to it's name in this instance that little registry entry lol
 
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