DRAM wound too tight??????? Neo 865PE Board Advice needed

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First - My computer is normally rock solid with no problems.
I turned my computer on today and it would not even boot to the BIOS.
It was if there was no power going into it but then it started to boot for about 1 second
then died. I tried again and the same thing kept happening.
I opened it up, checked the Main Board, reseated the graphics card and power cables.
This time it booted but before the bios kicked in it gave the following message:
'DRAM is wound too tight'.
I have not changed anything in the BIOS as I would not know what to change but
it then booted to the BIOS and under the power settings it says the following:
Dynamic Over Clocking       = Private
Performance Mode            = Slow
CPU Ratio Selection         = Locked
DRAM Frequency              = Auto
Spread Spectrum             = Disabled
Adjust CPU Bus Clock(mhz)   = 200
DDR Clock (mhz)             = 333
Adjust AGP/PCI Clock (mhz)  = 66.66/33.33
CPU VCORE Adjust            = No
DDR Power Voltage           = 2.50v
?GP Power Voltage           = 1.50v
If anyone can make any suggestions I would be most appreciative as I cannot
afford to loose my computer or any data that is on it.
I'm worried that the Main Board maybe failing or maybe the RAM or PSU?
In case it matters this is what is in my system.
MSI Neo 865PE Board
AMIBIOS V3.31a
2 matched pairs of Kingston HyperX RAM KHX2700K2/1G
Intel P4 3Ghz CPU
Intel ICH5R SSATA
Port 1 = Crucial Solid State Drive (Main OS Drive)
Port 2 = Lite-On SATA CD-RW
IDE Port 1 = 300GB Samsung HD
Promise SATA
Port 1 = WD Caviar Green 1.5TB HD
Port 2 = WD Raptor 150GB HD
IDE Port = Sony CD-RW
Power Supply = Q-Tec 550 Watt Dual Fan Gold
USB Mouse/Keyboard
All housed in a 19" Rack Mount Server case.
Thanks in advance.

thanks for the replys everyone.
I take it then that my problem is the PSU?
I am shocked that you rate the Q-Tec one so badly, it is the one that was supplied
with my computer and has worked with out a problem for about 3 years or so now.
I cant take a chance with it so its going in the bin.
Having done some checking I have located a trusted stockest who has
Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-550VXUK) [CMPSU-550VXUK]
or
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) [CMPSU-650TXUK]
for just ubder £80 in the UK.
Are either of these any good and is one better for me than the other considering what
main board I have. Also the new CPU has got to fit in my computer case so its physical size must match the old one.
I am not a modder so this is all a bit alien to me so any tips or hints much appreciated.
Thanks again
Kenny

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    I'd been using my pc without problems for several weeks until last night when it failed to boot up, hanging on the pre-BIOS screen. I rebooted and got the message "DRAM is too tightly so reload timing". It then hangs again when a key is pressed and I'm unable to boot in Safe Mode.
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    What is your DDR Voltage set to? I know that I had to up mine a bit for stability. 2.65V seems to be the "sweet spot" on this board. I have tried everything from 2.5 to 2.9V and 2.65 seems to be the best all around for stability and performance...
    Also check DOT Settings as it may be trying to OC your memory which can cause timing issues if they are set too tight as well as your memory performance settings (i.e. Turbo, Ultra-Turbo)

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