P35 Platinum Motherboard suspected issue

Hello guys:
Im new forum user although ive been purchasing msi products for a long time.
I got an issue with my desktop computer that is a bit annoying:
Im running windows 7 64 bit version because i installed 6Gb of ram (DDR2 800 Mhz) divided in 2 sticks of 2 GB each and 2 sticks of 1Gb each. I had to choose a 64 bit OS because 32 bit ones dont support that ammount of memory. Recently (a few months ago) my computer has been crashing a lot or freezes while using applications . Everything points to a possible bad memory stick but i have serious doubts. I scanned ram sticks with memtest (1 at each time) and results show im having memory problems with all of them. I cant imagine that all 4 memory sticks are damaged so im thinking about a problem with CPU cache or a mainboard issue (maybe chipset or even trouble with memory slots in mb). Is there any tool i can use to test my MSI mobo?(not everest or other benchmarks).
Besides what im asking above, i noticed my BIOS is not updated  so i checked MSI support site to find the latest one. My version is 1.6 and latest seems to be 1.C, so i checked forum and downloaded the USB Bios Flasher that forum guys created (with MSI Support).When i enable option "SureHands Live Update" it displays Bios versions that seem to be newer than 1.C (Example: 1.D , 1.E, 1.F). My question is are these versions that appear in tool but not in site reliable? Are they probably Bios versions under Beta test?
I wanna try flashing bios to see if the problem fixes with that.
Well... sorry for the inconvenience and for my english because im not native. I live in South America.
Thanks to everyone and i hope i get some help!
Mariano
PD.: All voltages seem to be fine

Quote from: Jack t.N. on 25-August-10, 23:16:31
You are mixing different kinds of memory modules.  That leads to stability issues in many cases. 
Have a look at this list:  http://ramlist.i4memory.com/ddr2/
As you can see, different revisions of Corsair DDR2-800 modules can be based on entirely different chip types and may not very well together when combined in one setup.
Try to reduce the memory clock speed to DDR2-667 and see what happens or raise the memory voltage somewhat (try 1.95V) and please, uninstall Dual Core Center.  That tool can be an additional stability threat in itself.
Last night i removed the 2 single 1gb memory modules. Ill check what happens from now on.
Does someone know why bios flashing tool (the pendrive one) retrieves newer BIOS versions than the ones published in MSI official site? I will try to flash BIOS because i noticed it has issues with 4Gb of RAM or more.
And yeah... dualcore center seems to be evil 
Thanks for answering

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    I then changed the memory, and things improved further.  I am now able to boot most of the time, only seeing the 4 red lights when I cold boot the machine after it has not been used for a while (this happens 100% of the time). While running, it seems stable. If i do mess about a little, and constantly hit the reset or main power switch on/off every 10 secs, I will occasionally see the four red lights, or 1G1R2G so I avoid this 
    Will run the memtest tools you suggested. I am not convinced the high perf memory is bad yet. Will try out some more tests on it at a later date though. The cold boot issue sort of suggests a PSU issue to me but I am unsure. In any case, my Antec power PSU is not in yet  , but will install when I get it and hope it resolves the residual issues.
    Much appreciate all the help from folk, especially Bosskiller. It has been interesting, I have learned quite a bit I believe.

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