64Bit windows xp or vista DVD drive problem

[Devtron]

I tryed the test version of windows vista when it was avalible and the 64bit version would not detect my dvd drive in windows,
now i have installed windows xp 64bit trail version, and its fully updated.
it will not enable my dvd drive

I can see it in device manager, it gives an ! by the name and this error
""
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)
""

i am unable to find another driver for it.
is there anything else i can try to get it to work in 64bit windows

the dvd drive i have is _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A
using an Asrock Dual Sata II , motherboard

[djnes]

Do you need to load any chipset drivers for your board, or controller drivers? Some of the newer chipsets have their IDE ports handled by a 3rd party vendor.

[Devtron]

as fare as i know, no.
there are no chipset drivers on the asrock site for the board.

[djnes]

Every board has chipset drivers. Usually, you go to the chipset manufacturer's website for the latest.

[Devtron]

I did, the motherboard i have is an asrock dual sata 2, i went to the nvidia site got and installed the latest uli driver and it did not help

[Catweazle]

Error Code 39 (or 18. or 10. or 31, or...) in relation to 'missing' optical drives dates back to Windows XP's release, and end-user efforts trying to install incompatible or conflicting burning and/or virtual drive apps.

See here for the resolution:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

and attend to the list of software you have installed. Something amongst that has caused the problem, not Vista.