MSI K8N NEO Memory Issue!! @200MHZ??

Well Im having Errors again.. Disappointment yet again Though Im pretty sure what the problem is but Dont really know how to fix it through bios with this Motherboard.. It says My Memory is @ 200.. and I get this Messege in windows ''PNF_LIST_CORRUPT'' ... happens occasionally not very often now.. it was the same problem i was having a while ago.. Now Im pretty sure its memory.. Is it because its at 200 and not 400? or am i wrong? LMK Thanks!

Formalentity, if your having to run the memory on CAS 3 and slow timings then it's really going to have a negative effect on your system. The ram could be faulty do as Tiresmoke suggested (if you haven't already) and run memtest86+. If there are no errors then it means your memory is.. well crap  
Oh Pinochio, I wouldn't worry about your memory problem I had the EXACT same thing and had to put my 1 stick of 512 ram into dimm 3 in order for it to work right (originally tried Dimm 1). I got another 512 stick a few days back and put it into dimm 1 (with the other stick still in dimm 3) and my system is running flawlessly.
Seems you have to have memory in dimm 3 and then you can add more to dimm 1 without problems.

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