MSI X99S SLI PLUS and 5820k Overclocking failed

I'm trying to overclock this processor on this nice board
But somehow as soon as I raise the BCLK it won't start, even for 1 extra Mhz (100 --> 101).
My memory : Gskill DDR4 3000 Mhz is compatible and I just used the included XMP profile.
I will describe here what I have done but I cannot find a solution to raise the BCLK.
Step 1 : check the CPU overclockability at BCLK 100 Mhz.
Vcore @ 1.2v and Vring @ 1.2v --> perfectly stable @ 4Ghz for core and 3.5 Ghz for ring.
Not very high but at least it works and it validates this first steps. I'm planning on going higher but after completing step 2.
Step 2 : under clock the core and ring but raising the BCLK.
Vcore @ 1.3v and Vring @ 1.3v --> the system starts @ BCLK = 100 Mhz but refuses to start @ BCLK = 101 Mhz and above . Ratio on both core and ring are set so that frequency stays @ 2.8 Ghz.
Memory is left to Auto on all settings.
If you have any idea that could help I'll be happy to try.
Thanks.

It worked !
What I did was setup the value to 125 by hand. And reboot. But the motherboard wouldn't start ...
So I looked at the indicated values and I saw the memory with this setting was supposed to run at 3334 Mhz ! which of course was the source of the problem. So I tried various settings for the memory and the one that worked was CLK @ 266, Speed @ Auto and XMP @ enabled.
With these settings the MB booted correctly !
So I can now continue to fine tune, especially core and ring frequency and voltage.
Thanks for your help, I think that discussing and exchanging ideas helped me. Hope some thers can benefit from it.

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a roll back may have fixed it but it just depends when it was last updated! - i mean when was the last time that image you where trying to roll back to last updated was it before your problem started?
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Quote from: TZBC on 23-December-14, 15:38:53
It's on the compatibility list, may not be compatibility problem...
http://www.msi.com/support/mb/X99S-SLI-PLUS.html#support-mem
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Are you able to try on another motherboard, or borrow another DDR4 to test if defect mem-slots?
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Quote from: danrankinsjunk on 24-March-15, 11:09:42
It's a super sexy board and I'd hate to have to dismantle, send it back, etc.
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ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
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