APIC error

The following is being displayed int he DMESG and /var/log/messages on a machine in our data center.

Feb 14 01:42:20 host1 kernel: testing the IO APIC.......................
Feb 14 01:42:20 host1 kernel:
Feb 14 01:42:20 host1 kernel: An unexpected IO-APIC was found. If this
kernel release is less than
Feb 14 01:42:20 host1 kernel: three months old please report this to
[email protected]
Feb 14 01:42:20 host1 kernel: .................................... done.
Feb 14 01:42:20 host1 kernel: Using local APIC timer interrupts.
Feb 14 01:42:20 host1 kernel: calibrating APIC timer ...
Feb 14 01:42:20 host1 kernel: ..... CPU clock speed is 2800.1744 MHz.
Feb 14 01:42:20 host1 kernel: ..... host bus clock speed is 200.0121

MHz.

The machine is a Dual Xeon running Red Hat Linux release 9 (Shrike) with the 2.4.20-40.9.legacysmp kernel.

The machine also shoots up to a load of about 12 and locks up nightly. Could this be related?

Let me know if you require any additional information.

Thank you.