While futzing around after the "Creative Update" big patch, I find that HP has a recall out on some laptop batteries. Hmm. I saw that photo for some years ago of a laptop bursting into flames on a conference room table. Could be bad. Could burn your house down.
So, a few clicks and the website asks for the product name of my laptop. I get choices of Pavilion G4, thru Pavilion G16. Top of my laptop just says "Pavilion" I look on the back, on the bottom, sides, top, everywhere. No data plate. PITA. Battery compartment needs tools to open. Rather than going down to the shop for tools, I download an 800KB program to figure out which battery I have. It reports that my battery is NOT on the recall list. Nice.
I wish HP wasn't so cheap and had bothered to put a real dataplate, readable by humans, on their product.
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