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EIST and Intel Speedstep

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Zinthar

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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.
 
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.
 
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