Intel Speedstep causing crashes

[Theguywhobea]

Okay so I picked up some parts from CL yesterday. It's got an i7-950, ASUS P6X58D motherboard, 6gb of 1066(?) DDR3 RAM, and a Corsair TX-750. When I tried loading Xubuntu on to it I would get to the beginning of the install and the machine would cut and restart. At first I thought maybe the previous owner still had an OC on it that was causing it to be unstable bit it was running at stock speeds. All my CPU temps were at 30C as well as the motherboard and I never saw them get higher than that. I turned Speedstep off and it hasn't crashed since. What could be causing this problem? Is the motherboard or RAM damaged? Is it the CPU? I do have a spare i7-920 somewhere I can test out as well. Thanks for the help!

[DXMember]

is xubuntu compatible with intel speedstep?

speedstep is supposed to be controlled by OS when it is enabled

[Theguywhobea]

2 minutes ago, DXMember said:

is xubuntu compatible with intel speedstep?

speedstep is supposed to be controlled by OS when it is enabled

I'm not actually sure of that, upon a quick google search I don't see anything saying explicitly that it ISN'T compatible.