CD/DVD drive doesn't work

I'm using Windows XP. Hubby and I just replaced/upgraded the motherboard, memory, ect and the drive was working fine.

The other day I went to load software and nothing. Going to the control panel, I saw the drive wasn't listed. I checked my hardware devices and saw the error message:

Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)

I pulled open the case and everything seems to be connected properly. Is there anything else I should check for to see what could be causing this?

Also...the sound isn't working on my computer. When I checked everything...again, I was directed that the d: wasn't working properly.

 

Can u list the new Motherboard? You may need the Audio Codec Driver's for the motherboard and maybe the CD/DVD drive needs to be installed in a different place??

 

GA-M61PME-S2P motherboard

My husband and I rebuilt my computer early July. The cd/dvd drive worked fine. I was able to install software and use it no problem.

Right before our vacation, I tossed in one of my daughter's music cd's to download a couple of songs onto an mp3 player so we all didn't have to listen. I was able to view the cd and play it...but not transfer any songs. I figured this was a protection built into the cd and thought nothing else about it.

After vacation, I was doing something that required sound...so I turned on my speakers and there was still nothing.

Doing some searching, I noticed that two things were happening:

Realtek Audio manager would sometimes pop up and when I went looking for the cd/dvd drive...there was that lovely yellow exclaimation point next to it. The windows help only directed me to check to see if any wires were loose (which they weren't).

I haven't tried anything like disconnecting and reconnecting the drive. It appears the sound loss is connected to the drive not working. :/

 

In XP, testing an optical drive is easy. Boot into Safe Mode and try a commercial software CD. If you can open the folders and view contents, the problem is Windoze related. If you can't, the drive has a hardware problem.
Sometimes, it is just dust, so blow the dust out; but, more often than not, the drive needs replacement.
The laser LED's get dimmer with age and, while you can adjust the current (there is a trimpot on the optical assembly), at $25 for a new one .......

 

I ended up reinstalling the registry from the link provided.

The good news is that I have a CD/DVD drive again. The bad news is that I still don't have sound and have no idea why. :/

 

Ok, I reran the motherboard disk and that fixed it so I have sound. (sort of) It's very quiet and I have it at max volume. Does this mean I need to add a sound card to get more volume...or would better speakers work instead?