MSI X48 Platinum LGA775, CFire,DDR3,GBLan,SATA2,ATX not posting due to ddr3

I cannot get this board to post except once when I had first built it a few days ago. I then moved the pc and added some other usb etc and since then the  pc will not post. The post lcd shows ddr3 and freezes. I then reset the bios and it posts and asks f1 to enter the setup or f2 for minimum defaults. If I  alter anything in setup it goes back to the ddr 3 error. When using f2 and min defaults it posts but tells me I have a startup file missing. It then restarts to a ddr3 failure again. Can anyone suggest some steeings and a way around this? I appreciate I need to reload vista 64 as the startup file is missing but I can't seem to get to the point of being able to do that.
Thanks
my setup is follows:-
coolermaster haf case, with loads of fans etc
intel core 2 quad 9550
OCZ 4Gb (2x2Gb) DDR3 1333MHz Gold Dual Channel Kit
2 x sata 500mb samsung hdd
1 x sata nec dvd rewriter
1000w BFG tech power supply
1 x radeon x1900xt graphics card.
MSI X48 Platinum LGA775, CFire,DDR3,GBLan,SATA2,ATX mboard
Hope someone has an answer. thanks again
 

Quote from: stanman1 on 22-January-09, 19:35:56
OCZ 4Gb (2x2Gb) DDR3 1333MHz Gold Dual Channel Kit
The entire forum is full of similar OCZ DDR3 issues.
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr3_pc3_10666_gold_edition
It's very hard to understand why do they need 1.7V if they're real DDR3-1333 CAS=9.
Probably because they're not ... 
Anyway, please post a screenshot of the CPU-Z Memory SPD settings.
cheers

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