990FXA-GD80 code 26 not booting

Specs:MSI 990FXA-GD80
FX-8350
16GB HyperX Predator 2133 @ 1866
MSI r9 290 4g gaming
Silverstone ST1000
60GB Kingston V300 SSD(os and small programs only)
2TB Seagate hybrid drive for everything else
When I hit power the computer doesn't produce an image. The display on the motherboard goes through a few numbers as usual then stays on 26.
After a few seconds the display starts over and then stops at the 26 again. Does anybody know whats happening?
I also have a question about the memory. When I set it to 2133 in the bios my 3dmark score goes down. When I set it to 1866 my score goes up but 3dmark reports the memory at 667mz so 2001.
results:http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1906166

0x1D – 0x2A = OEM pre-memory initialization codes (its a problem starting your Memory so perform a CMOS clear as your memory setting may be the problem so you need to reset them to default and start over by prehaps adding a little more DRAM voltage to them (something between 1.55-1.65v) 1.575v may be a good spot but it depends on the modules and as i have no idea what they are properly its hard to say for sure)
do you have 2 or 4 sticks of RAM? (asking because that 16GB HyperX Predator 2133 @ 1866 is vague)
that 3d mark report may be wrong as 667Mhz is not what your saying its 1333MHz as its DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM and DDR3 is just a revision number (Revision 3 as they are from the 3rd incarnation of DDR memory) so its the number multiplied by 2 not 3! (check the reported speed in CPU-Z and if its really at 1866 it should be around 933MHz as that's the half of the Double Data Rate)
now as for the drop in performance that's pretty normal as its dependant on your CPU's IMC (Internal Memory Controller) to how good it is and how it handles sending data to it and with memory they have 2 variables:
1: Bandwidth - this is the Frequency you see and the higher it is the more bandwidth its running
2: Latency - This is the Timings EG: 11-11-11-30 and with them numbers the higher they are the more latency it has as lower numbers are faster
so its a Balancing act between Frequency and Timings and one may cancel out the other so like your reporting the Ram at 2133 probably has much more latency and is cancelling out the benefit of more bandwidth and that's always a good possibility as the CPU may not like the slack Timings at all as CPU's usually send small data sets to RAM (a GPU on a graphics card is different as they prefer lots of bandwidth and have no cares about latency) but with a processor you have to get a balance or the 2 factors start to in alot of cases erode performance as its all wrong!
Note: 1866MHz is usually the sweet spot in terms of performance and above that it starts to degrade!

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