Memory Bandwidth 865PE Neo2 FIS2R & MAT

I read with envy the msi web page describing MAT on the 865PE board, http://www.msi.com.tw/html/service/techexpress/tech_column/6728/page5.htm
It has two graphs showing SiSoftware Sandra memory benchmarks.  
I have a similar configuration as the test bed but I can not achieve more than 3,561MB/s with default BIOS settings ie no MAT or DOC and using spd on alledgedly the fastest PC3200 memory money can buy the Corsair Twinx PC3200LL.
I am using dual channel with matched set of memory boards.  
What gives? I note that the test bed uses PC3500 memory but if the clock rate is the same (400Mhz) no appreciable difference should be shown (bar low latency settings mine 2-3-3-6).
Any ideas on how to get the bandwidth up on this board?   Or do I have a problem?

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Originally posted by Neo 2
My memory is running in the 9000\'s. I\'m confused how is mine so high and you guys so low?
Care to post a screenshot? I think that 9,000 is not possible. People in the Asus boards are scoring in the 6,000+ ranges and they are overclocked like crazy.
http://www.asusboards.com/forums/showindex.php?s=79160be2a73b129346e560436a011d5a&threadid=40698&perpage=15&pagenumber=1
Are you sure it's the Memory Bandwidth that you selected? I remember from another thread your version of Sisoft Sandra does not have the PAT option displayed. Download the latest Sandra:
http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html?dir=dload&location=sware_dl_x86&langx=en&a=

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  • [865PE/G Neo2 Series] Question-boot from Promise IDE on 865PE Neo2 FIS2R

    I bought my first MSI board a couple of years ago, an 865PE Neo2-LS. When I retired that, I went for an Abit 875P IC7-G. I just hated the Abit board, used it 3 months and replaced it with a new MSI 865PE Ne02 FIS2R.
    I didn't reinstall WIndows XP Pro with the new motherboard. Everything seemed to be OK until I could get around to a clean install of XP. One reason I wanted the FIS2R model was that I wanted to use the faster Promise IDE connection for my boot drive. I had a heck of a time getting the drive to boot, but it finally worked. I was having a few problems that I thought a repair reinstall of XP might solve. So, I tried that yesterday.
    Now I cannot get the same drive to boot from the Promise IDE controller. I saw that setting were changed in the BIOS and I can't figure out how to set them so I can boot from the C: drive on the Promise. It will boot fine from the regular primary IDE controller, but I want to use that for two other hard drives I use for storage. The secondary IDE connection is for a CDRW and DVDRW drives.
    I've looked at the FAQs and read the manuals. How do I just use the IDE on the Promise? What should my BIOS settings look like? The Promise drivers are installed on the boot drive, the system will post and I'll see a flash of the Windows XP intro screen, then a flash of a blue screen and it kicks it back to booting again. I've never been able to see what that blue screen is telling me. THe drives I want to put on the Promise controller are PATA drives, I don't want SATA or RAID, just using the Promise as a third connection for IDE drives.
    Thanks for any help anyone can offer. I have tried every imaginable way of setting the BIOS, but can't seem to hit the right combination. That's what I did on my first try when I got it working, hit a lucky combination and it worked.

    Thank you. I had already tried the settings in the post you linked to. I had no luck there. I've reinstalled the Promise drivers, but the boot drive refuses to go past the Windows flash screen before resetting. I think it's quite simple what I'm trying to do. I have six drives. On IDE 1 I want to two storage drives to be connected. On IDE 2 I'm putting the Cd and DVD optical drives. On IDE 3 (Promise) I would like to have my boot (master) drive and a slave drive. Rearranging cables I can get the drive to boot from IDE 1, but no luck with IDE 3. I think it's the Promise drivers, they appear to be installed, but I don't think they are working. I'm going to copy the Promise drivers to a floppy and reinstall XP with the boot drive on IDE 3 and see if I get anywhere with that.
    The link referred more to SATA and RAID setup, I just want to use the Promise IDE. I'd sure hate to have to put the awful Abit IC7-G back in my system as I can only get 5 IDE devices in that one instead of the 6 the MSI should run.

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