Eclipse MS-7520 - Unable to boot windows if Dimm slot A1 is used

I am unable to boot into or install windows XP, Vista (32 and 64 bit) or Windows 7 Beta if I have any memory installed in Slot A1 - it freezes at the windows loading screen (the little green bar gets about 1/3 way across). I am able to press F8 to bring up the windows boot menu but not even safe mode will boot.
I have 6 ram modules in total. If I populate slots as per the manual only using 4 or 5 modules I have this problem. If I populate only A0 and A1 the problem occurs. If I populate all slots except A1 it boots windows fine every time (with 10GB of RAM).
When there is a module in slot A1 the BIOS posts fine. Going into Memory-Z shows that the module is there and lists the spd information which matches the other slots. I can even perform a memtest86 (booting dos from USB stick) on the memory and it passes multiple times (shows the full 12Gb with all 6 modules installed). It seems very odd that windows is unable to boot until the module in slot A1 is removed.
So far I have tried updating the BIOS to the latest version (1.4), cleared the BIOS back to defaults and have even tried setting conservative memory timings and ratios manually (at 4x ratio as suggested in the forums). Tried performing fresh installs with drivers from both the MSI CD and website and running MSI live update.
I have only had the mainboard for a week but looking through the forum I have been unable to find a fix for this specific issue. I have logged a global support ticket with MSI but since there are quite a few users around the forum I thought someone here may have had a similar issue or could possibly point out something that I may be missing, some some odd setting or something else that I can try?

Hi.
I did try to up the voltage all the way from 1.5 to 1.6 but no joy.
I received a response from MSI which was to try and update to a beta Bios of 1.53. Didn't make any difference unfortunately.
I have since talked with tech support where I purchased the board from and they have recommended to return the board and have it replaced. (They tested another board in their stock with 12Gb ram similar to mine and said it ran fine)
I'll post an update when I receive the replacement board
Oh, and thanks for the tip - I appreciate it.

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