From: John John - MVP on
Try to update the driver from within the Device Manager. Right click on
the adapter and follow the prompts and instructions. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310123
Explanation of error codes generated by Device Manager in Windows XP
Professional

John



LURKER wrote:
> Yes,
> And the Device Manager showed the nVidia drivers, however, the Device
> Manager Properties of Display adapters still shows
>
> Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but
> cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)
>
> I currently uninstalled and removed the video card, and have returned to
> the built in adapter on the motherboard and installed the drivers that
> came with the motherboard VGA.
>
> It now correctly shows the adapter as
> "Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chip set Family"
>
> Yellow Exclamation point is there, and still says...
> Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but
> cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)
>
> My think is thus:
> No matter what motherboard,
> no matter what video card,
> the fault is consistent.
>
> That tells me that the problems is in Windows XP. It is the only thing
> that is common.
>
> What I need to understand is how does the driver/Windows configuration
> find the hardware? What ever is involved with that process, must have a
> setting that does not get changed any more.
>
> Lurker
> (carl)
>
>
> On 5/4/2010 1:40 PM, John John - MVP wrote:
>> Did you install the video drivers provided by the manufacturer of the
>> video card?
>>
>> John
>>
>> LURKER wrote:
>>> I need help really bad. Hardware Manager yellow exclamation mark is
>>> cast in stone on "Display adapters".
>>> Of course I have only one.
>>>
>>> Message that is the big clue seems to be cast in stone, even with new
>>> motherboard.
>>>
>>> Scenario:
>>> Starts back in 2006.
>>> Installed Gigabyte motherboard and I could never get rid of the yellow
>>> exclamation, even after loading the S3 drives from the CD that came
>>> with the MB.
>>>
>>> Everything seemed to work fine, so I finally went on with life, until
>>> the video adapter failed, and I put in a cheap nVidia video card.
>>> Same old story. Hardware Manager correctly identified the card and all
>>> worked well, but the exclamation mark still there.
>>>
>>> Device Status:
>>> Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but
>>> cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)
>>>
>>> Google Earth would not run in HD 3D even thought the DXDiag said it
>>> was okay. However, dxdiag also told me:
>>>
>>> The system is using the generic video driver. Please install video
>>> driver provided by the hardware manufacturer.
>>> DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful.
>>> Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify that the
>>> driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer.
>>>
>>> To shorten the story, I have upgraded MB and processor, and tried the
>>> built in VGA,
>>> same problem.
>>>
>>> I have tried 2 video cards:
>>> Ge Force 7300 GT AGP (old MB)
>>> Ge Force 9400 GT PCI-e (new MB)
>>>
>>> Same old problem.
>>>
>>> My thoughts...
>>> The original installation of XP Home has some registry settings that
>>> are not getting cleared or updated.
>>>
>>> I am very familiar with and comfortable with Registry. I need to know
>>> how the registry keys identify which driver to tie to which video
>>> card. I need to track this down. The video card software is not
>>> clearing or resetting a very old pointer.
>>> Huh?
>>>
>>> Note:
>>> Motherboard replacement was through using Repair, and then fixing the
>>> problems that regression to SP 2 created.
>>>
From: John John - MVP on
You said in your earlier post that you "...Installed Gigabyte
motherboard...". This was a replacement board on an existing Windows XP
installation? Did you do an in-place upgrade (reinstall) of the
operating system after you replaced the board?

John

LURKER wrote:
> Yes,
> And the Device Manager showed the nVidia drivers, however, the Device
> Manager Properties of Display adapters still shows
>
> Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but
> cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)
>
> I currently uninstalled and removed the video card, and have returned to
> the built in adapter on the motherboard and installed the drivers that
> came with the motherboard VGA.
>
> It now correctly shows the adapter as
> "Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chip set Family"
>
> Yellow Exclamation point is there, and still says...
> Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but
> cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)
>
> My think is thus:
> No matter what motherboard,
> no matter what video card,
> the fault is consistent.
>
> That tells me that the problems is in Windows XP. It is the only thing
> that is common.
>
> What I need to understand is how does the driver/Windows configuration
> find the hardware? What ever is involved with that process, must have a
> setting that does not get changed any more.
>
> Lurker
> (carl)
>
>
> On 5/4/2010 1:40 PM, John John - MVP wrote:
>> Did you install the video drivers provided by the manufacturer of the
>> video card?
>>
>> John
>>
>> LURKER wrote:
>>> I need help really bad. Hardware Manager yellow exclamation mark is
>>> cast in stone on "Display adapters".
>>> Of course I have only one.
>>>
>>> Message that is the big clue seems to be cast in stone, even with new
>>> motherboard.
>>>
>>> Scenario:
>>> Starts back in 2006.
>>> Installed Gigabyte motherboard and I could never get rid of the yellow
>>> exclamation, even after loading the S3 drives from the CD that came
>>> with the MB.
>>>
>>> Everything seemed to work fine, so I finally went on with life, until
>>> the video adapter failed, and I put in a cheap nVidia video card.
>>> Same old story. Hardware Manager correctly identified the card and all
>>> worked well, but the exclamation mark still there.
>>>
>>> Device Status:
>>> Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but
>>> cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)
>>>
>>> Google Earth would not run in HD 3D even thought the DXDiag said it
>>> was okay. However, dxdiag also told me:
>>>
>>> The system is using the generic video driver. Please install video
>>> driver provided by the hardware manufacturer.
>>> DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful.
>>> Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify that the
>>> driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer.
>>>
>>> To shorten the story, I have upgraded MB and processor, and tried the
>>> built in VGA,
>>> same problem.
>>>
>>> I have tried 2 video cards:
>>> Ge Force 7300 GT AGP (old MB)
>>> Ge Force 9400 GT PCI-e (new MB)
>>>
>>> Same old problem.
>>>
>>> My thoughts...
>>> The original installation of XP Home has some registry settings that
>>> are not getting cleared or updated.
>>>
>>> I am very familiar with and comfortable with Registry. I need to know
>>> how the registry keys identify which driver to tie to which video
>>> card. I need to track this down. The video card software is not
>>> clearing or resetting a very old pointer.
>>> Huh?
>>>
>>> Note:
>>> Motherboard replacement was through using Repair, and then fixing the
>>> problems that regression to SP 2 created.
>>>