CS4 Render 3D object

Hoping someone can help....
I've been making painting baked textures in Photoshop for years but now I've finally decided to learn how to make more complex textures with bump and specular maps etc...
I got cs4 extended primarily because I figured I could use its 3d functions to check my work; like make a quick cube - slap on the diffuse, bump, normal maps and view the composite texture with a variety of light settings and from different angles.
So far... yeah it kinda works okay.. I've figured that other programs would be more appropriate but I'm happy enough except...
When I press 'Render for Final Output' it ruins the texture! Like it all looks fine (if a little jaggy) until i press that button and then it all goes sort of lumpy grey looking.. the maps still work but detail is missing.... also i get little pinky highlights.... I've looked at the render settings but I can't see any reason why it just shouldn't be on the 'solid' preset.
I naturally thought that when i rendered something then it would look better...
Am I missing something...?

Hiya Steve
Firstly thanks very much indeed for the suggestions..
Anyway I tried what you suggested and set my cube to 'ray traced' but unfortunately it still goes really wild looking when I render it. I've tried turning the lighting right down but to no avail...
I'm actually at my wit's end with this.. I've tried everything one little step at a time to try and work out where I'm going wrong but everything looks cool until I press that dreaded 'R' button lol.. I really need to sort this out because I need some simple way of checking my bump maps, alpha maps etc.. look right without investing time and money in a proper 3D prog.
I'm going to upload the file somewhere - it's too big for an attachment here, and provide a link in case anyone out there fancies having a lil' look - despite my labours it's probably something really silly that I'm overlooking.

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