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Can't get out of 8bit color

I have an Intel DG965ss Motherboard and just upgraded the BIOS. An EVGA e-GeForce 8600T 256MB video card is install. I have two monitors plugged into it. After flashing, only one monitor would display anything. I also couldn't get DVDs to play. So I rebooted and went back into the BIOS. None of the settings have changed. Video is still set to use the external PCIE card. I then booted back into Vista and get 800x600 with 8bit color and still one monitor. I can't change the display settings either. Things seem to be running slower. The hard drive is crunching a lot and constantly. Here are the PC specs:

Intel Core 2 Due 6600
2 Seagate 320GB SATA drives
4GB RAM

Any ideas?

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The onboard video drivers were listed in device manager. One is the Intel G965 Express Chipset Family and the other is an SVGA drive. I removed both and rebooted. The screen then looked fine but no #2 monitor still. Then Vista reinstalled the above drivers. I rebooted and went back to 8bit color. I again removed the standard video drives and installed from the nVidia CD. That was successful. I rebooted and everything looked fine. 2nd monitor and DVDs are working again.

Vista reinstalled the basic drivers and I don't see the nVidia drivers. The Intel G965 Express Chipset Family driver has an exclamation mark next to it. Any ideas on that?

Everything is back up again though.

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