GeForce 1060 drivers show error 31 on plugging/unplugging Core X Chroma while computer is on. | Razer Insider
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I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon with the following specs:



  • Intel Core i7-8667U@1.9 GHz

  • 16GB RAM

  • Windows 10 Build:1903

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6GB



So heres the issue. The website says the Core X Chroma is hotswappable. However, if I have an external monitor plugged into the DVI port on the back of my graphics card, and unplug the Chroma's Thunderbolt cable from the laptop and plug it back in. The monitor does not turn back on even though everything else does. I get the following error withing Device manager: "This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31) Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API." The only way I can get the drivers to work are to restart the laptop everytime I want to plug it back in, which, being a thunderbolt cable, is a ridiculous solution:



The following are the solutions I have tried, none have worked besides just restarting, every, single, time.



Uninstalled drivers w/ and w/o DDU. I have tried 3 different drivers: 431.60, 436.15 and 436.30. When I installed 431.60 (I did this one last off another suggestion), the suggestion stated to add these lines to the host file (I assume this is to stop the drivers from updating past 431.60.

127.0.0.1 international-gfe.download.nvidia.com

127.0.0.1 ota-downloads.nvidia.com



Ive also tried to uninstall the drivers through device manager and let the drivers get reinstalled which worked 50% of the time. I also tried to disable and reenable the drivers, all with no success.



Any help would be appreciated. This is extremely annoying and would like to make it hotswappable.



Thanks in advanced!
Hi there! Was this working before? When did this issue start?