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Originally Posted by Nlclock 
Yes, this is normal
When your CPU is not working (idle) its saving energy.
You can turn this off in the bios if you want to.
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Recheck your BIOS and see if your settings were kept. If your PC failed on an overclock it may have set itself back to the "safe" settings. As Nlclock stated you can disable this in the BIOS.
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Originally Posted by BradleyW 
its already disabled. i think the quad core is broken, i cant even get it stable at stock speeds never mind stop it recuding its multi automatically. am in huge trouble.
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On my MOBO...."CPU EIST function: Enables or disables Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology (EIST). Depending on CPU loading, Intel EIST technology
can dynamically and effectively lower the CPU voltage and core frequency to decrease average power consumption and heat production".
If your PC went haywire then you may have defaulted back to a last known good BIOS setting...my board does this.
Take things STEP BY STEP. You may want to try resetting your CMOS. On my board it is done by "jumping" the two prongs at the lower right hand corner with a screwdriver or similar item for a few seconds.
After you have done this start by doing NO OVERCLOCKING or voltage manipulation and see how your computer works. If it is running fine then just go with BABY steps and see how she does. There are many schools of thought on how to approach OCing but I take things VERY slow and try to learn just what each thing does. I am SLOW and METICULOUS when doing this as I am just learning.
Give that a shot and see how things go.
Oh and one other thing....I am not familiar with Quads but you MAY want to make sure your CPU cooler is seated correctly and that you used the right amt of AS5 on your chip. You need a VERY SMALL dab.
The reason I suggest you start with the reset and the NO OC before removing your cooler is because this takes very little time to do without having to remove your cooler.
Hang in there buddy......some folks with Q6600 knowledge will be able to comment on the temps as I have no exp with them....but folks will be able to help you....just take your time!