P67a-gd65(b3) shuts down on restart

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msi p67a-gd65(b3) E7681IMS.1E0 (latest official) bios
i7 2600k
2x4g corsair memory CMX8GX3M2A2000C9 (blue slots)
asus gtx580 dcii
enermax modu87+ 800w
seagate sata2 1 tb hdd
pioneer dvr-s19lbk dvd drive
win7pro 64bit
as per topic, when I restart pc, it shuts down, waits 5 sec then powers on as normal. nothing appears to be wrong except this issue.
it used to work fine with another 2g memory stick(which wouldn't work at it's rated 1333 speed, but that's another story, and I highly suspect the memory stick in question is at fault).
oc genie is disabled of course.
all bios settings are at default, except following:
boot order
ahci enabled for all sata connectors(hotswap disabled)
slight overclock with turboboost multiplier at 40 40 38 37
memory set to 1866 2T 9 10 9 27 link, xmp disabled, dram voltage 1.536v.
I can pass a few hours of memtest86 at these settings, and except for restart issue, everything is fine.
I tried setting xmp on(with everything on auto). auto dram voltage was set to 1.632 in this case, which appears to be slightly excessive, and it didn't cure reboot problem anyway.
I tried apping dram voltage up to rated 1.65v with xmp off and manually set timings.
I tried running at 1600mhz.
any idea what might cause shut down instead of reboot? any settings I should try?
might this be a bios problem? my mouse doesn't work with this bios, it used to work with 1d0 though.

Quote from: HU16E on 15-September-11, 14:16:52
Try 'disable' of EuP 2013.
thank you! that cured it, and now it restarts as it should, no issues.
I also tried your settings, and it didn't work "out of the box", so I went to my old ones, and changed to 1T, that should be enough for me anyway. I could play with the settings a little I guess, but changing some of them and hitting save causes the same behavior shutdown-wait-restart, and I'm not sure which ones do that.
dram frequency and sata mode for one do that, as intel vt-x/vt-d settings, not sure about timings, sometimes it shutdowns, sometimes restarts.
Quote from: NovJoe on 15-September-11, 23:26:24
How about restarting when the system is in stock settings?
sorry, didn't try that, even if that would work, there is no point for me.

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MB: P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600k
RAM: DIMM1-3 Corsair dual-channel XMS memory 1.5V CMX4GX3M2B1600C9
DIMM2-4 Corsair dual-channel Vengeance memory 1.5V CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 - HD103SJ
BIOS version: 4.3
VGA: ASUS GTX 560Ti Direct CUII Top
PSU: Xilence Redwing 750W (modular)
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Posting from my phone. :(
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