timer problems on 2.6.x on IBM x306 servers

I have had multiple IBM x306 servers loose interrupts.  Eventually the
timer will get a few interrupts, but it can stay at the same spot for a
long time.

If I reboot, and then add append=noapic in lilo and reboot again I never
get a problem in the future.

One of the boxes I have has a third NIC and if I use noapic the machine
cannot boot.  Is there something besides noapic I should try.

Is there any other information you would like?

jlogan@x306:~$ cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0       CPU1
  0:    4604125          0    IO-APIC-edge  timer
  1:          9          0    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
  9:          0          0   IO-APIC-level  acpi
 14:          2          0    IO-APIC-edge  libata
 15:    1679925          0    IO-APIC-edge  libata
 16:          0          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd
 18:      12672          0   IO-APIC-level  eth0
 19:          0          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd
 23:          0          0   IO-APIC-level  ehci_hcd
NMI:          0          0
LOC:    4604073    4604079
ERR:          0
MIS:          0


							Later, JOSH