MSI Z77 MPower - Disabled integrated video, but it keeps coming back

I have a brand new Z77 MPower board paired with an i7 3770K CPU.  I am running the most recent BIOS.  In BIOS, I have "Virtu Technology" set to "Disabled" and "Initiate Graphic Adapter" is set to "PEG".  As I understand it, this should cause my computer to only use the discrete card (which is an XFX HD 7870, by the way).  This is all good and fine, and it generally works as it's supposed to. 
However, every once in a while (maybe every 3rd or 4th boot into Windows), something strange happens:  the 3770K's onboard video (Intel HD 4000) shows up in device manager as "Standard VGA adapter", and Windows Update wants to install an updated driver for Intel HD 4000.  If I install the driver, I get a black screen, and I cannot get Windows to properly boot unless I boot into Safe Mode and remove the Intel driver with a utility like Driver Sweeper or Display Driver Remover.  I have the "Standard VGA Adapter" disabled in Device Manager, but Windows Update still wants to update the driver.  It is very annoying, and I've never had a board that didn't respect the BIOS setting to disable onboard video.  What is going on here?  Is there something that I'm overlooking in the BIOS?
I suppose that I could deal with it if the stupid Intel driver didn't cause my system to lock up.  I guess an acceptable workaround would be to find a working driver for that, but what I really want is for the onboard video to stop showing up in Device Manager.  Any ideas?

Quote from: flobelix on 01-June-13, 23:13:54
Never heard of a Z77 MPower reporting false temps. Could be cooler is somehow wedged on the cpu and is not fully in contact with the heatspreader. Try reseating it.
Fast reply for a Saturday morning, thanks!
I did Google it and couldn't find anyone else reporting bad temperatures, so I'm going to assume maybe I've made a mistake. (none of us are above failure!) Been talking to some other computer builder friends on Facebook and everyone is pretty much in agreement that I should reseat the heatsink, I'm also going to use the Zalman paste, though.
Could I also bother you and ask if you know if less USB ports are enabled since I'm using a 2nd gen Intel Core CPU and not a 3rd gen? I know the PCI-E lanes are less because of it, but I'm not sure if USB would be included or not, going to try and find that in the manual, hopefully it will say something.
As of right now though, it looks like only 4 total USB ports are available, 2x USB 3.0 ports on the back, and the 2 front USB 2.0 ports I plugged into the high powered header on the bottom of the board. The 2 gaming port USB 2.0 ports don't even work. =/

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