In hot water (really hot air, but that's something else)

[m.w.chang]

if it's a heat problem, opening the case should instantly solve the 
problem. did you try? how about running the system "naked"?
and does you have the slow down when there is only one CPU?

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> It's a 400 watt supply (new).  The box contains
>   Motherboard (new) with integrated:
>     NICs (2)(new)
>   Adaptec 39160 SCSI controller (new; downstream from CPUs)
>   Floppy drive (Sony, new, upper part)

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