Some news to report.  All the Xs are gone (even the original single X from the beginning). 

All I did was run an extension cord to the cube from a different circuit in the house (about 20' away).  Previously it was connect to a battery backup (surge side) that my computer uses. 

Its now hashing at 32GH/s in Low.  I haven't tried High yet. 

The status light still blinks whenever and however it wants, but o'well.