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| I agree with VegasMan. Although asd has a point, really, 512mb ram on an XP system should be adequate, even multi-tasking, though you might consider going to 1gb.
I suspect that you are running hot enough that the CPU is throttling down to a lower speed, which is part of it's built in thermal protection, especially based on the temps that you are describing, as that is right on the cusp of where the CPU should throttle-down.
Since you already did the correct things, such as blowing out the vents and insuring that the CPU fan was properly operating, then the next step is to remove the heatsink/fan from the cpu, thoroughly clean off the old material, and reapply a quality heat sink grease, such as AS5.
I would never let any of my notebooks run at that high a temp. The good thing is that there really is nothing mysterious to fix. If the vents are clear, and the cpu fan runs correctly, then the only culprit at that point is the interface between the heatsink and the cpu.
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