A Windows 11 bug is asking users to eject their GPU. Don’t do it!
It is possible to eject a graphics card while you use your computer, if it is an external model or another non -standard configuration. But if you use an office with a GPU installed on the motherboard or a laptop with discreet graphics in the case, it is usually a bad idea. This is why some Windows 11 users were alarmed when their computers asked if they wanted to eject their graphics cards.
This seems to be a Windows bug that adds graphics cards to a list of devices that can be ejected into the tool “delete equipment and supports” in the notification center. This is this thing that you are supposed to use each time you unplug a flash reader, that I have never seen anyone use in the real world, never. Some Reddit users, seeing the option to “eject” the very powerful and very expensive graphics card in the guts of their laptop, were naturally confused.
This bug has appeared for years, apparently as an impression on the optional user interface to deactivate certain discreet laptop graphics and go to integrated graphics to save energy. (Note that “deactivation” and “ejection” are very different terms, and should probably not be confused for regular PC users.) Windows Central Note that there are registry hacks to deactivate this alarming and apparently involuntary message.
Although the worst user bug for Windows, I can see how it would be worrying even if you are quite informed. “I am afraid to accidentally eject him one day and God knows what will happen to my laptop,” explains a Reddit user on the Windows 11 submarine. If you see something similar and you don’t want to dive into a registry hack (which, I think, is very admirable caution), maybe leave it alone.
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