Help with OCZ EB Platinum!

Aight, I have the new EB Platinum installed and am very dissapointed. It won't run at the advertised 3-3-2-8 at 250Mhz. I've been at it all day trying to get it working. I've tried a number of things.
I've set the DDR voltage from 1.55 - 1.85
I've set the AGP Voltage from 1.5 - 1.6
I've fiddled with the Spread Spectrum and MPS settings
I ran the RAM at defaults SPD and divider in the BIOS and it gave me 5:4 3-4-4-8 in CPU-Z Memory, even tho CPU-Z SPD shows the proper 3-3-2-8
I've swapped the 2 sticks twice and tried running them from the secondary slots
I updated the BIOS from 0019 to 0021
I reinstalled the old sticks and set everything back to my old settings, powered down and unplugged the power cord. Removed the old sticks, put in the new sticks and than cleared the RTC (I learned that on a different forum)and the EB still wasn't detected by BIOS SPD as 3-3-2-8
I was able to get it running at 252Mhz 1:1 3-3-3-8 and Sisoft Memory Bandwidth benches lower by about 400 MB/s (Compared to my old OCZ Gold) but I never tested for stability as I was frustrated.
During one of the reboots, something stranger than usual happened, I got a weird DOS message about Samsung Bios settings and it was looking for a new BIOS in the floppy and CD. I didn't think it was the RAM because I understood they are made of Infineon, not Samsung chips.
I think the problems stem from three things, the RAM is in fact, bad. I need a bigger PSU (But it ran fine with my OCZ Gold at 2.85V) or the 865P chipset and memory controller just can't handle this new DDR. My system is comprised of a P4P800 865P chipset, 2.4Ghz P4C at 3.16Ghz (260Mhz), Enermax FS tower cooled by a total of 8 fans (CPU, 9800P, 2xPower,4xCase) Enermax EG365P-VE (350 W) PSU, 2xWD IDE HDs, 1 CDROM, 1 Floppy.
Now, I sort of gave up running the Platinum at 250 so I'm currently using a 5:4 divider (212Mhz), 2.5-3-3-8 timings and have overclocked the CPU past my old 260Mhz, it's now running at 265Mhz stable. Current temps Folding are CPU=45C/113F, MB=38C/100F and the room temp is 84F
HELP!!!!!!
I've set the DDR voltage from 1.55 - 1.85
I've set the AGP Voltage from 1.5 - 1.6
I've fiddled with the Spread Spectrum and MPS settings
I ran the RAM at defaults SPD and divider in the BIOS and it gave me 5:4 3-4-4-8 in CPU-Z Memory, even tho CPU-Z SPD shows the proper 3-3-2-8
I've swapped the 2 sticks twice and tried running them from the secondary slots
I updated the BIOS from 0019 to 0021
I reinstalled the old sticks and set everything back to my old settings, powered down and unplugged the power cord. Removed the old sticks, put in the new sticks and than cleared the RTC (I learned that on a different forum)and the EB still wasn't detected by BIOS SPD as 3-3-2-8
I was able to get it running at 252Mhz 1:1 3-3-3-8 and Sisoft Memory Bandwidth benches lower by about 400 MB/s (Compared to my old OCZ Gold) but I never tested for stability as I was frustrated.
During one of the reboots, something stranger than usual happened, I got a weird DOS message about Samsung Bios settings and it was looking for a new BIOS in the floppy and CD. I didn't think it was the RAM because I understood they are made of Infineon, not Samsung chips.
I think the problems stem from three things, the RAM is in fact, bad. I need a bigger PSU (But it ran fine with my OCZ Gold at 2.85V) or the 865P chipset and memory controller just can't handle this new DDR. My system is comprised of a P4P800 865P chipset, 2.4Ghz P4C at 3.16Ghz (260Mhz), Enermax FS tower cooled by a total of 8 fans (CPU, 9800P, 2xPower,4xCase) Enermax EG365P-VE (350 W) PSU, 2xWD IDE HDs, 1 CDROM, 1 Floppy.
Now, I sort of gave up running the Platinum at 250 so I'm currently using a 5:4 divider (212Mhz), 2.5-3-3-8 timings and have overclocked the CPU past my old 260Mhz, it's now running at 265Mhz stable. Current temps Folding are CPU=45C/113F, MB=38C/100F and the room temp is 84F
HELP!!!!!!
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On a side-note I'm running almost the exact same setup as you are DogSoldier!
Yeah, the P4P800 is an awesome board and it's given me very little problems in the time I've owned it. But it is 3 year old technology, so I've been looking at newer, faster systems. I understand Intel CPUs are falling in price so I'm looking at upgrading, just wishful thinking at this point.
Do you see any improvements? Chances are that your ram won't do as good on intel as on AMD. Try 3-3-3-8 timings, play with the "weird" timings and run memtest. Start at 240 and see where you end up.
BTW mack, it is ok to admit that maybe, just maybe, the problem was bad OCZ ram and not the Intel platform.