RHELv4 and v5 - So slow as to be unusable. (Solved)

[Yong Huang]

> The problem was something in the BIOS.  Flashing the affected 
> machines with a newer version of the BIOS fixes the problem.
> 
> To anyone with IBM ThinkCentre 8187 machines, if your BIOS isn't the 

Thanks Gary for posting the solution. Do you happen to have the list of 
bug fixes of the new BIOS? If yes, do you know specifically which bug 
was it? If it takes you more than 5 minutes to answer this, don't worry 
about it. Thanks.

Yong Huang