device manager error code 41

[Guest weedfrog]

MVP,

 

I have compaq pressario running XP home edition. Suddenly both of my CD

drives are no longer available. In the device manager it shows error code

41. "driver loaded but Windows cannot find the device." I tried to delete

both devices in the device manager and restart my computer. After the

restart both cd drives come back with yellow exclamation and error code 41

again. I also checked the IDE cable which connnects both drives to the

secondary IDE port on the motherboard. I disconnected and reconnected all but

this did not fix. Any ideas what is wrong?

I dont think both CD drives(ASUS CDRW and HP DVDRW) went bad at the same

time. Is this a bad

motherboard? IDE controller gone bad? Or is something else causing my CD

drives to stop working? They were working fine for 2 years, and I havent add

any new software they just stopped working.

 

Thanks,

 

Mark

[Guest Karl Snooks]

Re: device manager error code 41

 

weedfrog,

My first guesses are: 1) thermal problems -->>check the fans 2) power supply

going on the fritz-->>do you happen to have an old one laying around that

you can temporarily hook up?

 

karl snooks

 

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| MVP,

|

| I have compaq pressario running XP home edition. Suddenly both of my CD

| drives are no longer available. In the device manager it shows error code

| 41. "driver loaded but Windows cannot find the device." I tried to delete

| both devices in the device manager and restart my computer. After the

| restart both cd drives come back with yellow exclamation and error code 41

| again. I also checked the IDE cable which connnects both drives to the

| secondary IDE port on the motherboard. I disconnected and reconnected all

but

| this did not fix. Any ideas what is wrong?

| I dont think both CD drives(ASUS CDRW and HP DVDRW) went bad at the same

| time. Is this a bad

| motherboard? IDE controller gone bad? Or is something else causing my CD

| drives to stop working? They were working fine for 2 years, and I havent

add

| any new software they just stopped working.

|

| Thanks,

|

| Mark