I've been seeing weird things on my server as far as load and I'm hoping this is the cause. I just noticed this morning when trying to track down why the load was 4 on a basically idle server. Could this be causing my issues? Where to start on this?

 

 

Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU2: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51881751)
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU4: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51881215)
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU5: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51881501)
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU0: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51881175)
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU7: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51881796)
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU3: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51881793)
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU1: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51881517)
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU6: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51881762)
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU2: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU0: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU1: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU5: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU4: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU3: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU6: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 08:54:22 Tower kernel: CPU7: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 08:54:24 Tower sshd[27585]: Accepted password for root from 192.168.1.39 port 56919 ssh2
Oct 24 08:56:26 Tower sshd[27865]: Accepted password for root from 192.168.1.39 port 57146 ssh2
Oct 24 08:58:12 Tower kernel: CPU5: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 4256112)
Oct 24 08:58:12 Tower kernel: CPU1: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 4256112)
Oct 24 08:58:12 Tower kernel: CPU1: Core temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 08:58:12 Tower kernel: CPU5: Core temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU0: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 47164554)
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU4: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 47164549)
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU3: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51883481)
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU1: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51883205)
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU6: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51883450)
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU2: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51883439)
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU5: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51883189)
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU7: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51883484)
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU4: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 51882903)
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU4: Core temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU3: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU1: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU5: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU7: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU4: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU6: Package temperature/speed normal
Oct 24 09:00:24 Tower kernel: CPU2: Package temperature/speed normal

I'd start by checking that the CPU fan is working and by blowing any accumulated dust out from between the fins of the heatsink.