Hp Pavilion Laptop.

[Coppit]

Twice a message has appeared on startup about the condition of the battery but it is not on screen long enough to read to the end. Where can it be found?

[Buenchico]

Which version of Windows are you using? 'Consider replacing your battery' is an alert which appears under Windows 7 at start-up but I've not encountered it with Windows 10. (If you are running Windows 7, hovering your cursor over the power icon, on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen, should show the same message if it was the cause of the original warning).

[Coppit]

I've got Windows 10, and hovering over battery icon shows nothing. In the course of looking into this just now I came across HP Support / Battery and did the suggested check - and it says nothing is amiss.
The original message which gave rise to this query is about 10 lines long, includes 'BIOS' and mentions cold temperature.
Incidentally, I looked into the mechanics of replacing the battery. The HP YouTube video is short and sweet - and easy as pie. However there is another much lengthier one which shows it's not at all a simple operation - but I seem to be spared that FTTB.

[Buenchico]

The BIOS battery (aka CMOS battery) is totally separate to the main laptop battery. The BIOS battery is what keeps a computer 'powered up', so that memory settings aren't lost, when it's switched off. The first sign of a BIOS battery starting to fail is usually when the computer's time and date settings keep going awry.

Replacing a laptop battery usually takes just a a few seconds. (Just release a couple of catches, slide the old battery out and slide the new one in). Replacing a BIOS battery (which is usually a 'coin' battery can be a lot trickier, depending upon
(a) how easy it is to get inside the machine ; and
(b) how the battery is connected up. (Some BIOS batteries are simply slotted into holders, and can be removed by just pulling them out, but others are actually soldered to the leads that they connect to).

I've never seen an on-screen message about a failing BIOS battery but I suppose (based upon you seeing a reference to 'BIOS' in the message that briefly appeared) that it might be the case here. Keep an eye on the date and time that your laptop is displaying!

[Coppit]

Oh dear. If there's a need to get inside my HP Pavilion, the second clip shows just how difficult it is.

[Coppit]

I was able to read more of the message when it appeared again. It mentions ambient temperature and using in a warmer place. The flat is reasonably warm so the warning has to be ignored - and fingers crossed.