P965 Platinum Limited - RAM Timing issue (Corsair 6400C4)

I have 2Gigs of the Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 RAM running on my P965 Platinum Limited. The RAM is rated to run at 4-4-4-12 timings at 2.1v. SPD defaults to something like 5-5-5-18. I've run several passes of Memtest on these sticks, both pass with no issues.
Now, here is what happens: when I manually set the timings in the BIOS to 4-4-4-12 (up to 2.1v), I have issues coming out of standby. Infact, it only half wakes up, Windows never pops and my monitor remains in a sleep state (yes, I've tried changing the setting for this in the BIOS). The thing that really stands out to me is that regardless of the utility I use to check this, when I set the timings to 4-4-4-12, they all report 3-4-4-12 in Windows. I even checked the 1.51 beta BIOS that popped up last week, its still the same. Setting it to 4-4-4-12 in the BIOS gives reports of 3-4-4-12 in Windows, and I still have the standby issues.
I've done some poking around, and it sounds like this has popped up on the P965 Neo boards as well. I figured I'd throw this up here, see what kind of responses and feedback I can get on this issue. Is it my board, or is it the board, ya know?

Quote from: Maesus on 02-April-07, 14:54:24
Duke Togo, can you publish your full spec? (please read the moan guide, link at my signature)
try set 5-4-4-12, will you get 4-4-4-12?
No, it comes up as 5-4-4-12. The problem only seems to be with 4 coming up as 3.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2400 MHz
MSI P965 Platinum Limited Edition (MS-7238)
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4, DDR2-800, 1GB (x2)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS, 640MB DDR3, Superclocked
Seagate ST3160812AS, 160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II (x2)
Creative Audigy 2 ZS (SB0350) Sound Card
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
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