Have to restart twice on cold boot...soft reboots just fine though --

Hi I built this NEO system and I was coming from a 266Mhz Dell so it's really a great time. However I am having a problem with starting from a complete shutdown. Reboots are no problem but when I try to start the computer up from being turned off it always freezes up after POST the first time, and then boots just fine the second time.
Everytime I turn the computer off through start>shutdown>turn off - the computer shuts down and then when I start it back up it checks memory -which i escape out of - goes through POST and then freezes up after recognizing the HDD and CDROM. I've waited a while and it just stays frozen. So then I turn it off again, turn it back on, and the second time it always posts and boots up just fine.
Also, if I just do a soft reboot from within windows it always reboots just fine.
Anybody know what setting I could be missing? I have noticed that if I set PAT to turbo in BIOS CUP-Z says it is enabled in windows. However if I shutdown and go through the "2 restarts" thing CPU-Z says it is no longer enabled. So it does not matter what PAT is set to something is reverting on it’s own after a cold start.
It seems like some basic setting gets changed or reverts in the bios upon a full cold shutdown, whereas it doesn't with just a soft reboot. I don't list a case because I just have it set up on an ESD mat and use anything metal to turn it on by bridging the correct contacts.
I'm not overclocking and have the memory set to set itself. I think the voltages are all just set to default.
Corecenter says:
Fsb 203 x 17
Vcore 1.5500
Memory volatage 2.50
Agp voltage 1.6
875PNEOFIS2R bios v1.9 MS-6758
P4 3.4 Northwood HT+
Crucial DDR-SDRAM PC3200 512 x 2 (3-4-4-8) dual channel PAT disabled
Seagate SATA 120GB on SER1
ATI AIW 9800 PRO
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NEC/Mitsubishi FP2141SB x 3
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Samsung DVD
Sony FDD
Antec Truepower 550 3.3v-32a 5v-40a 12v-24a

Wow. Thanks for quick reply.
I set DDR Voltage to 2.7 in bios, loaded windows, shutdown. Started computer and it still hung after memory test and POST. So I held in the power button 4 seconds and shutdown. Started again and POST and booted into windows just fine. So it still seems to need "2 restarts" even with the DDR voltage change to 2.7!?

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MOVED: z77a-g43 cold boot overclock issue

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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=161574.0

Quote from: mareg on 08-September-12, 05:41:28
Hello all,
I have this weird issue with cold booting while overclocking. I've tried very hard to diagnose the problem but have been unable to find the culprit.
So I'm using an i5-2500k with the mobo in the subject. I have flashed the BIOS to the latest (2.4). So everytime I try to overclock by using a different multi (it can be as subtle has x34) the system will fail the overclock while cold booting. What I mean by that is if I do the overclock from the bios then save&reboot it will load in windows and be totally stable under IBT. I can achieve any kind of overclock up to 4.7 Ghz and it will be totally stable.
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I have this weird issue with cold booting while overclocking. I've tried very hard to diagnose the problem but have been unable to find the culprit.
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Quote from: mareg on 08-September-12, 05:41:28
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