P55-GD65 Power Phase LED Question

I had a question regarding both the power phase LEDs and the actual power phases themselves.
I noticed that the power phase LEDs light up and change according to the currently active power phase for the CPU based upon load using stock settings.
However, when I applied a mild overclock, increase the bclk from 133 to 160, the power phase LEDs stopped changing. They are all lit all the time. Does this mean the power phase is not changing, so I am losing the power savings benefit? Or is the power phase still dynamic, it just stops registering and reporting with the LEDs?
With the mild overclock applied and all power phase LEDs lit up, in BIOS under the green powere menu, I can see the efficiency number fluctuating, which makes me think the dynamic power phase is still in effect.
Does anyone have any insight into this?
Thanks,
--MrAnt--
System Specs
MSI P55-GD65 v1.5 BIOS
Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.66GHz
CM Hyper 212+ HSF
GSkill Trident 2x2GB DDR3 2000 - F3-16000CL9D-4GBTD (Running @ 1333MHz 9-9-9-24)
WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB HDD
Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W
Sapphire Radeon 5850 1GB

I have not gotten around to testing power consumption at the wall yet, currently in the process of moving.
I did find this thread:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=134762.0
The interesting thing I noticed, is that apparently APS worked with overclocking enabled in older BIOS versions. I am running BIOS v1.5, I know current is v1.8. Can anyone confirm whether or not APS is enabled with overclocking in BIOS v1.8?
I do not have MSI Control Center installed, but I will do that as soon as I can to see if I can re-enable the LEDs and check if APS is working or not.
If APS is working just fine and it is only the LED display that is broken, I have no problem with that. I actually would like the LEDs turned off, but I want to confirm that APS is working before I do.
--MrAnt--

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