MSI 975x Powerup Edition and ocz2p800r22gk won't boot problem

Hi Everyone,
I just recently purchased the MSI 975x Powerup Edition v2.1 mb with an e6600 and when I put in the ocz ram the system won't boot the fans startup for a couple of seconds then the system shuts down and then it starts up again. I have been reading the posts and I have updated the bios to 7.1 I also made sure the boot block was written so the whole bios was updated but it just won't boot with this ram. The only way I can make the system boot is with my old Kingmax ddr2 553 ram from my old system. The ram does work in the old system just not the new one.
Other than getting the new ram to work the system has been fine. I know some people are using ocz with the board if you can tell me how you got it to work it would be greatly appreciated.
Take care,
Bob

The problem is 100% the OCZ ram. I had a gigabyte DQ6 motherboard along with an E6600 and OCZ Platinum ram. It did exactly the same as you describe with the MSI board. The only way I got it to boot was to buy some cheap DDR2-533 ram to get it to post and then up the voltage on the ram and change the memory settings. The problem was that when put into dual channel mode or single channel and put under stress (virus scan, play music and compress a file) the system would crash.
Inevitably I returned the motherboard and the memory and got the MSI 975X with Corsair C5 memory. I am now running stably with no issues.
I'm afraid OCZ has big time compatability issues. They even stated that they can't check compatability with most motherboards on their support forum. I would stick with the real big boys of memory being Corsair and Crucial.

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My system was working fine with BIOS 7.2 and the D805 at 3.2 GHZ but the BIOS limited my FSB selection. BIOS 7.0 allowed me more options and it ran fine until I tried to push it past 3.6 GHz. Then it never recovered.
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