Sound not working, error code 41

Question

I have an Inspiron B130 and use windows xp, and the sound completely stopped working.  I ran the diagnostics check and it isnt a hardware problem.  Under 'sounds and audio devices' in control panel, it tells me there is no audio device.  On device manager under 'Sound, video, and game controllers' there is a yellow exclamation mark by 'Legacy Video Capture Device', 'Media Control Devices', 'SigmaTel High Defintion Audio Codec', 'Audio Codecs', 'Legacy Audio Drivers', and 'Video Codecs'.  When I open properties on all of them i am told that the driver works but it cannot find the hardware (code 41).          I tried uninstalling everything with a yellow exclamation mark and restarting then reinstalling, removing sigmatel from add and remove programs then reinstalling from the dell support page, I reinstalled Dell Notebook System Software, Intel Mobile Chipset Driver, then the Sigmatel audio driver in that order several times.  When i got on google and looked up error code 41 the only topics i could find involved the cd/dvd drive or video and those were easily fixed by regedit, so I was wondering if there was something i need to remove in that?  This problem started a month or two ago, but i never bothered trying to fix it because i had no need for sound.       If I left anything out (I know I probably did) please tell me and i'll post it asap.  If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this, they'd be greatly appreciated! :smileyhappy:   Thank you in advance, Tyler       Message Edited by Zaelyth on 01-22-2008 06:33 PM Message Edited by Zaelyth on 01-23-2008 07:16 AM

Zaelyth · Answer

I ended up just doing a dell pc restore, my comp needed it anyways.

Jim Coates · Answer

Thanks for sharing your solution to code 41 problem. Jim

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