Multiple hardware devices in device manager

[moonstar]

I'm running Windows XP Pro. what I'm getting are multiple hardware entries in my device manager. Namely, my processor and IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers. This shows up as two,3 gig processors and two cd-roms and rw's.(IDE1 and IDE2)
I hope this is explained correctly. I've tried uninstalling all. When I reboot, the wizard automatically re-installs. Then I have two of the items again. Obviously, this is a concern I would imagine. I read somewhere about registry editing but can't seem to find it again.

tnks

[moonstar]

The correct word would be "duplicate" not multiple. anyone know what to do?

[tom0360]

Have you tried removing the devices and restarting windows to let it reinstall what is needed?

[moonstar]

Yes. I've done that. It re-installs,then when I open up device manager, I've got two Ultra ATA storage controllers,two Primary IDE, and two Secondary IDE. If I scroll down to processors, I've got two P4 3.00 Ghz processors. Wow, 6ghz. without overclocking! No,seriously,is this a big deal or not? I built it myself and seems to run fine but if fixing this could help make something run better/faster, I'd like to fix.

Kev

[Droppyale]

do you have the latest AGP drivers for your motherboard?

[moonstar]

I have latest drivers for everything on my system. I'm a total freak when it comes to that stuff. As I'm looking into this a little bit further, i'm thinking it's normal. System tools is showing me two processors. And DXDiag is showing 2 processors in parenthesis. This is the first system I've put together with Hyper-threading/ 800fsb and every test looks normal so maybe i'll leave it alone.

[tom0360]

With A P4 or Celeron and motherboard that supports hyper-threading I believe it does show up twice in the device manager.

I am not sure about the cd-roms or ide devices showing up twice.