Re: Cannot find hardware device, code 41

From: Andrew (Andrew_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/16/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 22:09:02 -0800

Beverley,
My cd burner suddenly stopped working with this problem first. I thought it
might be the drive itself, but evidently wasn't, so I then bought the dvd
Burner. However, I have now noticed when I start the computer, a message
states that a 80 pin cable is not installed on the secondary ide. I hadn't at
that stage removed it from it's socket where it was previously happily
working. I have set up the master / secondary jumpers and removed and
reseated the cable connections. I did fix it for a while by doing a system
restore to 1 month previous, so am sure connections are right, but the
problem has now returned. I am unsure if it originally occurred when I was
deleting some programs or when I installed some windows updates. As it
returned when I was installing windows updates again I am now suspicious
about them and will restore windows to an earlier time again. I do see in
this forum a number of posts with quite similar problems with disappearing cd
/ dvd drives.
Thanks
Andrew

"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" wrote:

> >> _new_ dvd drive <<
>
> That statement would make me suggest that you re-open the computer and
> check;
>
> ribbon cable connections (seated, pin one correct?)
>
> power cable
>
> disk drive jumper settings... on ide, one must be master and one must be
> slave and only two devices per ide connector.
>
> If this is possibly the problem, the installation guide that came with
> the new dvd should be helpful.
>
> hth,
> Beverly Howard
>