How true - and another consequence having it speedstep activated for Boinc users is that you will usually end up with a lower benchmark as a consequence - as when it suspends the WU's to run the benchmark, the multiplier will drop because you are no longer running at full throttle and you will bench at a lower speed.

Sometimes the motherboards that come with these 'mass' produced machines come with very limited bios features - on most decent motherboards the setting should be under 'CPU Configuration' or similar..........oh, another setting to disable in the bios for overclocking is C1E