Need help installing drivers

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This is getting really annoying, i installed a p5n-e SLI motherboard, hooked up my 8800gt 512mb, then installed windows. the driver cd that came with it says its for the p5n-e SLI with integrated graphics (which mine doesnt have). Now, in the device manager it says that my video card is s "standard VGA graphics adapter". i uninstall the drivers, restart the machine, and it autoreinstalls them faster than i can do anything. tried it in safe mode too. i cant just go online and download the drivers, cause there is a driver on the cd to install the internet. there are only 3 choices to pick from on the cd, install chipset drivers (which for some reason does the integrated video thing and the internet drivers), then there is an option for the audio drivers, and raid drivers. when i try to install the 8800gt drivers, it gives me the old "cannot find any nvidia devices attacked to the computer" message. im using windows 64 bit. help!
 
So why dont you install the chipset driver... use the internet to get the geforce 8 series drivers off nvidias website, and then install them? That should be all you need to do.
 
i tried that, it says that there isnt any nvidia devices on my computer, i just reinstalled windows, and ran dxdiag, and it still says its an 8 bit standard vga adapter. i think its the motherboard, cause when i used my gigabyte one before this one, it said it was an 8800gt before i even installed the drivers
 
thats odd.... this shouldnt make any difference, but did you install the card and then install windows? or did you just install the card and it didnt work.

I've never had any major issues with video cards before, I just think its strange that you needed to reinstall.
 
Me neither, you sure you do not have integrated video? If you do, better disable it via bios.
 
he said his board doesnt have the integrated graphics, but the cd has the drivers for integrated graphics.

The P5N-e-SLI boards have the 650i chipset which dont come with integrated video... so Im wondering if its the wrong drivers?
 
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