875p FIS2R Memory Question

I just bought the 875P FIS2R board, but haven't powered it up yet since I still haven't received the memory. I also got the P4 2.4 GHz 800 FSB CPU. The MSI web site directed me the the Kingston memory site that recommeneded the KVR400 series DDR memory with a CAS latency of 3, so that's what I bought. I noticed in the manual that the only settings for CL are 2, 2.5, and auto detect from the stick's NVM. My question is, will I be able to use this memory running with a FSB of 800 and a CL of 3? Will auto-detect actually adjust the CL to 3, or are the only options 2 or 2.5? I know I will take a performance hit, but I'm not concerned about that right now.

Djfuzz,
CAS Latency of 3 is settable in Manual Timings when Perfomance Mode is set to Slow (or via your obscure method!!!), but if you then boot Windows and check timings (with something like CPU-Z) you will see it is actually 2.5!!!!!
dRfELL,
Let's bloody well hope they fix it in a future BIOS release, 'cos my memory is rated at 500 MHz and cost over £500 ($800) and I can't even use it past 460 MHz because of this!!!
But in reality, we're already on BIOS rev. 1.9 and from what I can gather, it's been a known problem for quite some time - so don't hold your breath!!!    

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