3 default monitors in Device Mgr. Is this normal?

[Greenwald]

Hi all.
I have 3 default monitors showing up under "monitors" in device manager, plus the monitor that's actually hooked up to my PC [Samsung LCD]. Is this normal? If I try to delete the monitors, they come back after rebooting.

Initially, I downloaded the latest nvidea GeForce4 drivers and installed Nview attempting to hook up a TV as a second output on my video card [Svideo] but then abandoned the idea. Afterwards, I noticed the 3 monitors. I don't recall if they were there before. Anyway, I now get a intermittent shuttering when playing DV video on my system when trying to edit video. I'm not sure if it's related to the multiple monitors. But it's a good place to start.

I read conflicting reports from a Google search. Some explain how to eliminate the monitors (not easy), one post in a Dell forum by an engineer says XP will display the number of monitors that the video card can potentially "power". So, it my case that would make it normal.

What's your take? Thanks, M Greenwald

Epox 4g4a+ 845intel, 1G ram, 2.53G P4, GeForce4 TI4200 w/128mb

 

[LemonHerbWRX]

Try booting into safe mode and removing all the monitor drivers, then actually load your specific Monitor drivers when you reboot and see if that gets rid of them. Other then that "if it aint broke don't fix it" unless you are having trouble I wouldn't spend to much time an energy on it.