MSI X79MA-GD45 BIOS/boot problems.

Hi I've been having problems getting my board to boot consistently.
System specs are:
MB: MSI X79MA-GD45 (BIOS 3.1)
CPU: Intel 3820 (C2 stepping)
RAM: 32GB (4x8GB) Kingston HyperX Beast 2400MHz (Running 1333MHz, auto)
GPU: Zotac GTX 680 4GB
PSU: Corsair 860i
Most times I have to clear CMOS before the system will boot.
Soft reboots are fine, however, if I change stuff that requires a proper reboot, fx enabling VT-x, the system will need a clear CMOS again before it will boot.
The error I get seems to be videocard related, 1 long 2 short beeps, however the videocard works fine in my old system.
I can usually get the system to behave for a little while by reflashing BIOS.
After clearing CMOS the system boots EVERY time and runs flawless.
PS prior to BIOS 3.1 multiplier 43x (and 44x, partially) were working, now it seems to max out at 42 (regardless of BIOS setting) but this isnt really an issue as much as the system instability at stock settings.
edit: corrected BIOS error beep typo

In combination with an i7-3820 the new Win8 bios versions for all X79 boards seem to be troublesome (that's also the reason for the multi limit).
Downgrade to the prior version (1.7) with the attached archive and retry.
For flashing >>use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<< and with it point to the attached and NOT unpacked bios archive (Mode 1: Point to archive).

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      > Drive H: (DVD-Rom) : 0 KB available on 0 KB
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      > Audio Recording : Microphone (QuickCam Communicat
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      > MIDI Output : Microsoft MIDI Mapper
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      > Mixer Device : Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High De
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      > Device multimedia : CDAudio
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      > Device multimedia : WaveAudio
      > Device multimedia : MPEGVideo
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      > Audio Compression : Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC
      > Audio Compression : Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC
      > Audio Compression : Microsoft ADPCM CODEC
      > Audio Compression : Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (decode only)
      > Audio Compression : Microsoft PCM Converter
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      > Passport.Net : No
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      > Local Group : Backup Operators
      > Local Group : Cryptographic Operators
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      > Local Group : Event Log Readers
      > Local Group : Guests
      > Local Group : IIS_IUSRS
      > Local Group : Network Configuration Operators
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      > Local Group : Performance Monitor Users
      > Local Group : Power Users
      > Local Group : Remote Desktop Users
      > Local Group : Replicator
      > Local Group : Users
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      > Battery : No
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      > UPS : No
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      > VIN3 : 0.98 V
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