processor speed

[Guest]

I am running a pentium III with a speed of 555.
on checking it appears to be running at a maximum speed of 300.
Is this fixable or do I need a new cpu?

 

[Haggis]

check the processor clock ratio in your BIOS ...it may have reset to a lower
setting (check your battery also)

 

[Rock]

I am running a pentium III with a speed of 555.
on checking it appears to be running at a maximum speed of 300.
Is this fixable or do I need a new cpu?

It's not an XP OS issue. Best to post to a hardware newsgroup.