Re: Cannot find hardware device, code 41

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 12/16/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:32:21 -0600

Andrew wrote:
> 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.

Did you ever try the registry hack I posted? 

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