RCA ports don't work on HP Pavilion

Great that the problem is solved. You can't close this thread. Just leave it.

may be your moterboard fault.

Is your WEB cam driver is properly install?
to check it go to your device manager and see if the cam is properly updated. if not then you can get the driver for it from HP website.
if you don't have web cam application tehn you can download youcam software from the net.

1. your wireless adaptor is not on so turn it on by touching the wireless symbol at the touchpad
2. repair your wireless softwarewith your HP repair tool at the maintenace

change the wi-fi device from the usb port u using to another usb port of your PC. it may work.

If you have cleaned out the dust with compressed air, then I suggest you look at the processor cooling. Is the fan running up to speed? Is the heat sink tightly in place on the processor? Feel the fins of the processor heat sink when you power it up and if they get hot your processor is most likely over heating and shutting down. If all is well at the processor, check the power supply fan to see if it is running and the only other suggestion is to try another power supply. Dust is your worst enemy in a computer.

You will have to go to the HP site and download drivers for the XP O/S.
They don't come standard in XP.
You actually would have more luck upgrading to Windows 7, which is a decent program

www.compaq.com and look up the users manual should help you out. don't be afraid to push things you aren't gonna break it the more you play with the pc the better you will become. i also suggest getting a book on how to use laptops maybe that will help too

It may not be the settings, it could be an outdated driver, if you are using the cd too install software, try downloading the software from hp website.

I do not know if this is the answer you are looking for, but I know that when I connected my S-video connection to some old crappy big screen TV, I had to set the laptop's second video output to specifically output to S-video. There were 3 or 4 different settings that had to be done. I dont remember the details, all I remember is that the 1. the second video monitor had to be set to the s-video connection. 2. the analog video setting had to be set to PAL or NTSC or whatever they are, I dont know what it is off the top of my head, then there was another setting, I dont remmeber, I think it was the setting to 'clone' the screen so that it just duplicated it. In this case, you might have to set the resolution to somthing smaller that would fit on a standard definition screen.