EIST and Intel Speedstep

[Zinthar]

If you've seen my other thread, you'll know that I'm running a Bad Axe 2 (BIOS 2692) with a week 44G E6600 that's a poor overclocker. I have it stable at 1.55v @ 3.2Ghz (356 FSB).

As a precaution, I'd like to be able to enable EIST and let the CPU throttle down to 356x6 (2.13 Ghz) when idle. I usually leave my computer on all the time and am at work or sleeping a good 16 hours of the day, so this would be ideal.

Can I safely enable this without ruining my stability or will EIST kill my overclock?

I plan on trying it when I return home unless you guys think it might make my system fail to POST.

 

[EvilRage]

You'll probably be fine. AFAIK, all it does is lower the multiplier when the CPU isn't being stressed. It goes back up when the CPU power is needed. I don't think there are any changes to the actual FSB, so I doubt you'll have problems posting or anything else. Lemme know if it works out - I'm thinking of doing the same thing, mostly because when I leave my PC running, my room gets excessively hot.

 

[The-Noid]

In the beginning of C2D EIST caused major headaches. Most new bios have no troubling implementing EIST.