875P Neo-FIS2R: Memory stays at 333MHz

I recently assembled a new system with the MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R motherboard. The specs are as follows: Pentium 4C 3GHz 800MHz FSB, 1GB Samsung PC3500 Cas 2 DDR. The problem is I can't seem to get the memory to run at 400MHz, no matter what BIOS I use. The memory is capable of running at 433MHz with the tightest timings, yet I can't even get it beyond 333MHz. Please help me!
Scott

I bought the MSI Neo-FIS2R last weekend, together with a pair of Corsair XMS3500C2 256M memories & a P4 3.0C processor.  Darned expensive kit, but I was impressed with all the features on the MSI board, and I decided to go for the performance RAM to squeeze every last drop of performance out.  The Cosair modules are supposedly guaranteed to do 434MHz 2-3-3-7-T1.
http://www.corsairmicro.com/xms/xms_modules.html
My board came with 1.1 Bios, and I've flashed to 1.2 Bios.
In my experience over the past week with this board, the Bios is totally hosed.  It just doesn\'t do anything.  I can get terrific boot screens, 3.6Ghz, 3.8Ghz, but nothing really happens as far as overclock.
And the same thing is true for memory.  I can change the memory settings all I want to, and Sandra and Aida give the same results.  And, these results are not as good as the reference data for other 875P systems in Sandra and Aida.  It appears MSI bios is simply running these Corsairs at Bios default timings 2.5-4-4-8 and nothing I do can change this.
Corecell does produce some overclock changes, but I don\'t like Corecell.  Computer bluescreens, have to clear CMOS.  Start Corecell again, bluescreen, clear CMOS.  Repeat until tired of this.
Nice kit, but way too expensive for the performance I'm getting.  Hope they fix it, or this stuff goes back.

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