Need a manual for a Compaq CQ58 Intel Pentium laptop

Call Compaq at 800-888-0220
they will mail you one for a small nominal fee.

How to Reset Remove Bypass Forgotten BIOS or CMOS Password

ccfl screen
all this old are dead or bad. or turn yellow. all do.
all did.
all you can do is turn up the brightness or replace the tubes
CCFL are back lamp tubes. for the SCREEN
CQ58-nnn what, what it the full service tag Partnumber.
ill toss the 50 sided coin and land on cq58-100
the 100 model, is LED and not CCFL lamps
so what OS is running? Windows 7?
i yes, see the users guide on bightness.
read page 26
the magic F3 key.
if the key fails, that means, the drivers loaded on this pc are wrong.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03308662

correct drivers are alway here at REAL HP (we are not hp)
im picking w7-64bit now, if not 64bit go back and change that first.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/compaq-presario-cq58-100-notebook-pc-series/5259203

you can buy a pcmcia firewire card or check for usb to firewire

On a jammed switch for the batt on the (old) compaq I would take in for repair so is not you the done that damages anything around the battery casing.

How to Reset Windows 8 Password?

hyjackers. from 2013
Gerrie Kotze wants answers to this question

buy a new battery first. ok?
then post your own new post with all symptoms,

99.90% bad batteries, some as old and 1 year old can fail.
if abused (means excessively deeply discharged over and over)

why wait, ever better why no own a spare good battery.
end the wondering...?

be more specific please. How is your screen green ? What problem do you have ?

i want audio and viedio drivers for compaq laptop
intel pentium dual core please send my mail