WEIRD RAM Voltage Problem. Really happy for some help =)

Hi I have a K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard with BIOS version 1.4.
I have a wonderfull set of OCZ PC-3200 Platinum rev.2 RAM that preferably should have atleast 2.75 V. They do work with less, but stability can suffer in some cases.
My problem is that if I choose 2.75, 2.8 or 2.85 V in BIOS I still end up with 2.7 in Windows. Only by increasing the voltage in windows with, for example, Corecenter can I reach a voltage over 2.7. Why do I have this problem? Is there any simple way to fix it?
I mean, I think that if the MB was broken in any way (hardware wise) so shouldn't it be possible to change the voltage through windows (the voltages are correct BTW and the MB show no other signs of error except this).
Is this a know bug in any way for the MB or the 1.4 BIOS version? And as said before, do anyone know how to fix it?
Lots of thanks to anyone that can help (this problem is really making me confused).
Edit: one more question while Im at it. As many others I have freezing problems with my 6800 ultra. Is there any trick/BIOS that solves this (I know disable AGP fastwrites... helps and disable NV/Ati speed up... but except that).

The bug is most likely corecenter. It seems to report things wrong for most people. Try using speedfan or similar program to verify voltage before you get too concerned. Just dont use mbm 5, people have reported problems there as well. You can get speedfan at www.guru3d.com.

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    Eventually, I would like to scale all of these operations out to multiple servers (ie maybe 2, 3, 10, 40 mail servers, 2, 3, 4, 40 DSs, webservers, etc...) For now it will only be on the one machine.
    My idea was to run each of the services in it's own zone, but while attempting to do that using the JES 2cd set I have, it's requiring me to install things over and over even though I have them installed in other zones. I'm getting the impression splitting the JES components up across zones doesn't work so well. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Please advise. This is making me worry, because I don't know what I'm going to do when I'm trying to install all of these things on seperate machines.
    All of that being said, what is my best deployment? I know I'll need messenging server, directory server. What else? What order should I be installing them in? Is it possible to install each in it's own zone without making a huge headache? How about each on it's own server? How about each on multiple servers authenticating against replicated DSs? I'm pretty sure it's all doable, but I'm def. messing up somewhere, as anytime I try to install a component on the JES2005Q4 cd, it's forcing me to install a bunch of other things. Why should I have DS installed on every zone that has some piece of JES in it, when there is a zone with DS that I plan to have everything authenticate against? Things like this - I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong.
    I've seen some mention about installing JES from individual downloads, but I didn't see that covered in the docs. The step by step does a huge install of everything under the sun, and really doesn't clarify what a lot of the details you are entering are. Not only that, but following it (to the letter) step by step doesn't result in a working solution. I even used the same hostname. :P
    I'd really appreciate any input/help/suggestions, as my current solution rather stinks to administrate.
    Thanks,
    David

    Thanks, that really helped a lot. I'm using zones to
    "simulate" multiple-server deployment, as right now I
    only have the one Solaris machine. I will be going
    with multiple servers once I've figured out how to
    get everything to play nicely together.Understood. You may need to be careful about zones, though. I think "sparse zones" are what you want.
    >
    I do have a question though. I noticed you described
    splitting the services up between machines. Which
    services should be together? As I mentioned in my
    previous post, I had issues when trying to split
    things up, various parts required other parts, and I
    ended up with a lot of redundant installs of things,
    and parts would not function until I configured those
    redundant copies. I didn't see a need to have two
    configured directory servers, when I only intended to
    have one as the master at this point. I guess it will
    just take some "toying" to figure out.You only need one Directory Server.
    You only need one Messaging Server
    You MAY need >1 web server.
    The web server is there to host Delegated Admin (DA), to host Communication Express, and to host Access Manager.
    >
    Also, excuse my ignorance, but what is
    "command-line"? I am guessing DA is delegated admin,
    but I'm not sure about "command-line".command-line commands include:
    start-msg
    comm-admin
    etc.
    This is the way most Unix types like to work with software. The alternative is the GUI (Graphical User Interface). Delegated Admin is the GUI provided to manage users and groups. comm-admin is the command-line tool provided for that. I personally find the command-line tool easier to user.
    >
    So, to summarize, if you could let me know how to
    split up the services you mentioned, and fill me in
    on what "command-line" is, I'll be extremely
    grateful.
    Thank you again,
    David

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