Adding new RAM on mobo P6N SLI MS-7350

I have a MSI P6N SLI MS-7350 mobo with 2x1GB ddr2 800MHz PC6400 RAM (XMS6405v5.1 5-5-5-12 Corsair)
I thought I had bought the exact same ram as in my pc, but now I see that it is not the same.
The ram I bought is the following: Corsair 2x1GB ddr2 800MHz PC6400 4-4-4-12 2.10V ver6.3
The new ram cards are plugged in the orange slots and the old in the green slots of my mobo.
When I boot my pc, it boots very slow with 4 slots filled.
Things I have done:
1. memtest with 4 slots filled -> passed, 0 errors
2. Removed my old ram and replaced it with my new ram (still 2GB ram)
Weird things...
-Pc boots up untill windows green load-bar (just before the vista logo)
-> pc restarts
- on restart I can see the initialisation of my ram, disks, ... but after that screen I get a black screen with in the top left a blinking line (the sort of underscored line you get when you can type things, don't know how this is called...) and it stayed on this screen
- Turned off the pc and just booted up
I could get in windows, saw my desktop, etc... but after a few minutes -> BLUE SCREEN!
- Switched back to my old ram -> no problems
I've read on some sites that I should configure the ram voltage, but I'm not sure how to do this...

I've ran the Orthos test now for 11h30 and I can see things like this:
Using CPU #0
Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
Press Stop to end this test.
Test 1, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 2, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922943 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 3, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19374367 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 4, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19174369 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 5, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M18874369 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 6, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M18874367 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 7, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M18474367 using 1024K FFT length.
Self-test 1024K passed!
Test 1, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17432577 using 896K FFT length.
Test 2, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17432575 using 896K FFT length.
Test 3, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17115073 using 896K FFT length.
Test 4, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M16815071 using 896K FFT length.
Test 5, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M16515073 using 896K FFT length.
Test 6, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M16515071 using 896K FFT length.
Test 7, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M16297569 using 896K FFT length.
Self-test 896K passed!
Test 1, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14942209 using 768K FFT length.
Test 2, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14942207 using 768K FFT length.
Test 3, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14155777 using 768K FFT length.
Test 4, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14155775 using 768K FFT length.
Test 5, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M13969343 using 768K FFT length.
Test 6, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M13669345 using 768K FFT length.
Test 7, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M13369345 using 768K FFT length.
Self-test 768K passed!
Test 1, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M12451841 using 640K FFT length.
Test 2, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M12451839 using 640K FFT length.
Test 3, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M12196481 using 640K FFT length.
Test 4, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M11796481 using 640K FFT length.
Test 5, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M11796479 using 640K FFT length.
Test 6, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M11596479 using 640K FFT length.
Test 7, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M11285761 using 640K FFT length.
Self-test 640K passed!
Test 1, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9961473 using 512K FFT length.
Test 2, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9961471 using 512K FFT length.
Test 3, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9837183 using 512K FFT length.
Test 4, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9737185 using 512K FFT length.
Test 5, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9537183 using 512K FFT length.
Test 6, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9437185 using 512K FFT length.
Test 7, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9437183 using 512K FFT length.
Test 8, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9337185 using 512K FFT length.
Self-test 512K passed!
Test 1, 9000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M8716289 using 448K FFT length.
Test 2, 9000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M8716287 using 448K FFT length.
Test 3, 9000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M8516289 using 448K FFT length.
Test 4, 9000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M8316287 using 448K FFT length.
Test 5, 9000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M8257537 using 448K FFT length.
Test 6, 9000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M8257535 using 448K FFT length.
Test 7, 9000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M8098785 using 448K FFT length.
Test 8, 9000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M7998783 using 448K FFT length.
Self-test 448K passed!
Test 1, 11000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M7471105 using 384K FFT length.
Test 2, 11000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M7471103 using 384K FFT length.
Test 3, 11000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M7377889 using 384K FFT length.
Test 4, 11000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M7277887 using 384K FFT length.
Test 5, 11000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M7077889 using 384K FFT length.
Test 6, 11000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M7077887 using 384K FFT length.
Test 7, 11000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M6984673 using 384K FFT length.
Test 8, 11000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M6884671 using 384K FFT length.
Self-test 384K passed!
Test 1, 13000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M6225921 using 320K FFT length.
Test 2, 13000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M6225919 using 320K FFT length.
Test 3, 13000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M6198241 using 320K FFT length.
Test 4, 13000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M6098239 using 320K FFT length.
Test 5, 13000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M5898241 using 320K FFT length.
Test 6, 13000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M5898239 using 320K FFT length.
Test 7, 13000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M5705025 using 320K FFT length.
Test 8, 13000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M5605023 using 320K FFT length.
Test 9, 13000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M5505025 using 320K FFT length.
Self-test 320K passed!
Test 1, 17000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M5120737 using 256K FFT length.
Test 2, 17000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M5030735 using 256K FFT length.
Test 3, 17000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4980737 using 256K FFT length.
Test 4, 17000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4980735 using 256K FFT length.
Test 5, 17000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4888593 using 256K FFT length.
Test 6, 17000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4818591 using 256K FFT length.
Test 7, 17000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4718593 using 256K FFT length.
Test 8, 17000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4718591 using 256K FFT length.
Test 9, 17000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4698593 using 256K FFT length.
Self-test 256K passed!
Test 1, 19000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4501145 using 224K FFT length.
Test 2, 19000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4458143 using 224K FFT length.
Test 3, 19000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4358145 using 224K FFT length.
Test 4, 19000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4358143 using 224K FFT length.
Test 5, 19000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4298769 using 224K FFT length.
Test 6, 19000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4228767 using 224K FFT length.
Test 7, 19000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4128769 using 224K FFT length.
Test 8, 19000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4128767 using 224K FFT length.
Test 9, 19000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M4028769 using 224K FFT length.
Self-test 224K passed!
Test 1, 22000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3835553 using 192K FFT length.
Test 2, 22000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3785551 using 192K FFT length.
Test 3, 22000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3735553 using 192K FFT length.
Test 4, 22000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3735551 using 192K FFT length.
Test 5, 22000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3688945 using 192K FFT length.
Test 6, 22000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3618943 using 192K FFT length.
Test 7, 22000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3538945 using 192K FFT length.
Test 8, 22000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3538943 using 192K FFT length.
Test 9, 22000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3342337 using 192K FFT length.
Test 10, 22000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3342335 using 192K FFT length.
Self-test 192K passed!
Test 1, 27000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3242961 using 160K FFT length.
Test 2, 27000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3172959 using 160K FFT length.
Test 3, 27000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3112961 using 160K FFT length.
Test 4, 27000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M3112959 using 160K FFT length.
Test 5, 27000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2949121 using 160K FFT length.
Test 6, 27000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2949119 using 160K FFT length.
Test 7, 27000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2885281 using 160K FFT length.
Test 8, 27000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2785281 using 160K FFT length.
Test 9, 27000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2785279 using 160K FFT length.
Test 10, 27000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2685279 using 160K FFT length.
Self-test 160K passed!
Test 1, 34000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2605473 using 128K FFT length.
Test 2, 34000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2584313 using 128K FFT length.
Test 3, 34000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2573917 using 128K FFT length.
Test 4, 34000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2540831 using 128K FFT length.
Test 5, 34000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2539613 using 128K FFT length.
Test 6, 34000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2495213 using 128K FFT length.
Test 7, 34000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2408447 using 128K FFT length.
Test 8, 34000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2388831 using 128K FFT length.
Test 9, 34000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2359297 using 128K FFT length.
Test 10, 34000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M2359295 using 128K FFT length.
Self-test 128K passed!
And almost the same for CPU1
It has been doing it for 3/3 rounds.
I will let it run for another 30 minutes, but I expect no changes.
But is there a way to test the speed of the ram (read/write)?
Because I think it's not running the fastest way possible...

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What the most stable quality 4gb (2x2gb) memory for the P6n SLi Platinum?

Hi,
I'm looking for the most stable and very good quality 4gb of ram for the P6N sli platinum MB - what make does everyone recommend for this board?
I note that Kingston value ram is mentioned on the Approved list but I wanted something faster than the valueram?
Does anyone have either G.Skill or super talent and if so how do they work? Any other makes that you can recommend?
I know that there have been issue swith 4gb of ram for Xp/Vista 32 bit systems but from what I am reading hopefully the next bios should resolve this ...?
Thanks as this is the only item that's holding up my build now !

I don´t know whats the most stable 4GB solution is, I only can tell you, that I use Micron/Crucial mamory for years and never had any problems.
Actually in my new P6N-SLI Platinum are working 4 1GB dimms of crucial value ram ddr2-667 without problems.
There is a new bois version 1.22 for the platinum which solved the 4GB problem of earlier bios versions.
That was a bios problem and not a problem of the ram.
Manufacturer as Gskill on their GBHZ6400 modules and OCZ on their 1066 SLI modules are using the same Micron chips called D9GMH which are on my values.
They have great potential above the rated 667 speed. Cause i´m coming from germany and at the moment the prices of memory here are very cheap, a lot of people are thinking about upgrading their memory.
All what I read about here in germany G.Skill, Mushkin(very expensive), OCZ, A-data, TeamGroup are the most reliable rams
when it comes to high speeds and low latency modules.
At least I recommend the Crucial Ballistix ddr800 if you are not able to handle special settings in the motherboard bios.
And of course there are coming 2GB modules from most of the manufacturers, so you only need 2 modules for 4GB.
It´s your choice...
greetings from germany
gonzos-revenge

MSI P6N SLI and HDD 2TB

Hello,
I intend to buy a new HDD Seagate 2TB ST2000DM001 and I would like to know if my computer will recognize it without a BIOS update.
My current configuration is:
MSI P6N SLI MS-7350
2GB RAM - Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-5400C4
Seagate 320GB ST3320620AS
BIOS AMI V.2.0 01/31/2007
Nvidia NForce 650i SLI
NVidia NForce 430/410 SATA Controller (04/24/2006 V.5.10.2600.666)
Thanks in advance

It should do

BIOS Must Be Updated to v2.7 P6N SLI

MSI Tech Support just sent the following instructions to update BIOS to v2.7; "After the bios update for the mb, the following steps must be done: Power off the system and clearing the cmos setting on JBAT1 jumper/button or cmos battery removed for as least 1 minute. Set all JBAT1 jumper and cmos battery into the system board to default position. Power on the system and go into the cmos setup and reload the cmos default settings. Re-configure the bios setting to match with your system configurations."
Would the above be considered "normal procedure" after updating BIOS? I'm currently using the original BIOS v2.0 and was unable to add additional RAM; Vista64 was slow to load and ran real slow. MSI Tech Support claims by following above instructions; I'll be able to add additional RAM. Should I use your USB Flash Drive tool to install BIOS? Once I completed above instructions; will I be able to set BIOS to Optimized like I had it before? Thanks ahead of time!

HU,
Here's my system;
MoBo - P6N SLI (Bios v2.0)(Bios settings Optimized)(original Nvidia 680i chipset drivers)
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40 GHz
Power Supply - Cooler Master 650W ATX Tower
RAM - 2x1GB Kingston HyperX SLI Ready KHX6400D2LL/1GN (Slots 1&3)
Graphics - 2/ASUS EN9500GT/DI/1GD2/V2/A GeForce 9500GT 1GB/HDMI (SLI Mode)
w/NVidia v197.13 drivers.
Audio - Realtek High Definition Audio Drivers v6.0.1.6050
Hard Drive - Western Digital 320GB SATA
Optical Drives - (1) LITE-ON CD/DVD 24X Burner iHAS124-04 SATA
(1) LITE-ON 24X Lightscribe DVD Writer iHAS424-98 SATA
Monitor - 22" MAG INNOVISION
Keyboard/Mouse - Logitech USB
OS - Vista64 Home Premium

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