Topic: UFX+ Thunderbolt driver crash/corruption in Windows 10
I'm completely stumped. I had my UFX+ up and working like a dream with Thunderbolt in Windows 10 -- all smooth, no mysteries, working fine with system devices and with Cubase Pro 9.5.
But then I started turning off a couple of BIOS items to improve some performance spikes I was getting in both Cubase and Ivory. Everything was working until I turned off hyperthreading, and upon restart the system could no longer find the RME driver. Not available in Cubase or system devices. So I turn hyperthreading back on: no change. I could still see the TotalMix and DSP status icons in the system tray, but suddenly nothing was happening when I clicked them.
And now the really annoying stuff: I try to reinstall the driver update to see if that repairs things: no luck. OK, time for drastic measures: I uninstall the RME Thunderbolt driver through the Windows 10 uninstall process, and then reinstall the base drivers using the RME base driver CD. NOTHING. Nothing happens. No driver, no TotalMix or DSP setting icons or function. System still thinks there are no RME drivers at all.
I even tried a system restore at that point, to no avail. I honestly have no clue what to do at this point. Help?