P4N SLI-FI Intel Edition Memory Problems

Ok Im new to DDR2 but this just seems like something is not right. Ok so I have the P4N SLI-FI Intel Edition Mobo. Flashed to newest bios as of 01/23/06 Ok so the ram comes up in bios as ddr2-667 but when I boot to windows it clocks down to 333mhz effective clock and 167mhz real clock, giving me a 5300 bandwidth( checked with everest ultimate edition). Also this ram is Corsair Value Ram rated at 667 ddr2 pc5300. I am running a 1gb dual channel kit I had bought from newegg. I looked on the internet elseware and found somthings about speed ratings and such but nothing that tells me straight up if 5300 should be my bandwidth, I have 14 years of computer experiance and common sense tells me that my bandwidth should be 10.6gb. Again ddr2 is completly new to me. Also I have read that pc5400 solves some problems in other boards not sure what they ment by problems but I was thinking maybe I bought the wrong ram, also on msi's website I checked the pdf file for supported ram and again I did NOT see the ram I had purchased but that means almost nothing as they leftout alot of major brands of ddr2-667 and other speeds aswell.
I am really pissed off at this point. I can tell my system is slow, boot up times are longer then my Amd XP3200+
Also another problem I am having is that the Nvidia GbE Lan is not working at all. Checked the bios and its turned on still no go. I had to put a Lan card in to even get online. This is not as important as the first problem but still annoying.
Thanks for your time.
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System Specs:
P4N SLI-FI Intel Edition
2.8ghz P4 LGA
1gb Corsair DDR2-667 Dual Channel Kit
1 x MSI 6800GS
2 x Sata150 WD 80gb HDD non raid atm
Aspire X-Navigator Case w/ 550w Aspire Powersupply
Soundblaster Audigy LS

I mean it sounded kind of like it was correct but, in windows I expected something to say ddr2 667 and all the programs I am running label it as ddr2 333
Even my everest ultimate 2006 and sisoft sandra say its ddr2 333, the benchmarks that do come with those programs show other peoples ram running at ddr2 667
Also the comp just seems slow windows loads in 5 bars (the thing at the bottom when booting) and then another 30 secs after that.
My other comp an AthlonXP 3200+, 512 ddr400 DC, 40gb ide hdd, 9600xt) loads windows in 1.5 bars and instant to desktop with older technology.
The games dont seem to be loading fast at all either. Basically I am very dissapointed in the performance of ddr2-667 its not faster than ddr400 by any means and if its the board then im really heated because this board should fly, funny how I read reviews on the board before I buy it and they said it was all good, then I find more in depth reviews that really say this board is below average.
Could it be possible that ddr2 5400 would be a better choice because the board cant support ddr2 5300?
Again thanks for your help guys im just dissapointed in the performance, sucks after spending $450+ and the video card is the only on par piece I've gotten.

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    The reason of "not" supporting 805 is some features such as EIST will not be available for P4N chipset. Multipler if 805 is 20x, with EIST, it will drop back to 14x, giving 1.86Ghz, very good for thermal/temperature and save power. This feature is not suported by P4N, so all the features inside the CPU will not be fully supported as well. I think, that's the problem why MSI hesitate to make the CPU as "supported".
    805D does not support EIST nor does it support HT. This can be seen here. Only the 9xx series did and the earlier series (B1) had it disabled due to stability issues. So EIST should not have been a problem with my 940D as it is a B1 stepping. The only problem would have then been simply the 65mm fab which I don't think was an issue at all with the NF4 chipset. The B1 stepping would have had a coding same as the 8xx series which also did not support EIST. The following should spell out what I was ranting on about.
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    The Pentium D processor supports Intel's EM64T technology, the XD Bit and like most current Pentium 4s, uses the LGA775 form factor on an 800 MT/s bus. The only motherboards guaranteed to work with the Pentium D (and Extreme Edition) are those based on the 945, 955, and 975 series of chipsets, as well as the nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition and ATI Radeon Xpress. The Pentium D 820 will not work with the nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition due to some power design issues, though they were rectified for the X16 version of the chipset (which the P4NSLI chipset is). Motherboards based on the 915 and 925 series of chipsets will not work at all, as the chipsets do not have support for more than one processor core (a result of Intel trying to prevent motherboard manufacturers from making Xeon motherboards with the chipsets, as happened with the 875P). The 865 and 875 series chipsets do have multiprocessor support. Motherboards based on those chipsets may be Pentium D compatible so long as the manufacturer provides an appropriate BIOS update
    So with this is becomes quite apparent that MSI simply had to make a few changes with the bios to recognize the fact that the B1 stepping did not support EIST and the 9xx series would have worked. But rather they simply chose to lump all the steppings together and not support any with the board. This is what ticked me off. Show them facts and they simply ignore it and then tell you that it's being phased out and no more will be done with it. What a crock.

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