Thanks. And I like the approach of pointing me in the right direction instead of spelling it out for me.

>Of course it tells you to replace with an HP battery. Why would HP want you to buy a non-HP product? A search for HP SHARE 593554-001 comes up with several hits of places to buy a replacement.
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>>The battery in my laptop PC seems to be no more. The laptop is an HP Pavilion dv6, four or five years old and generally unused unless I am out of town or my older daughter is here. Allie told me this weekend that the laptop immediately dies if not connected to AC. I confirmed that, then ran the HP self-diagnostics which reported the battery has failed.
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>>What I am looking for is guidance on a good replacement battery. The label on the battery says "REPLACE WITH HP SHARE 593554-001". Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.