Is this a Genuine HP Battery

[Abundant11]

• Warranty Type: 3
• Cycle count: 17 / 1000
• Manufacturer: 333-2C-29-A
• Serial Number: 15385 2021/07/30
• Temperature: 30 °C
• Current: -987 mA
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• Adaptive Battery Optimizer: Enabled/Not Activated

• Terminal Voltage: 11300 mV
• Design Voltage: 11550 mV
• AC Power: No
• CT Number: 6LGWT09BCFH06V
• Design Capacity: 53 WHr
• Full Charge Capacity: 50 WHr (94%)
• Remaining Capacity: 26 WHr

[NonSequitur777]

@Abundant11,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

Nothing in those battery statistics immediately suggests a counterfeit battery.

The cycle count, voltage, temperature, and capacity readings all look normal:

• 17 cycles is very low usage,
• 50 Whr out of 53 Whr (~94%) is healthy,
• and HP Adaptive Battery Optimizer is being detected correctly.

The "Manufacturer: 333-2C-29-A" line is not necessarily suspicious by itself because many battery tools display internal vendor IDs rather than a recognizable company name.

The better ways to judge authenticity are:

• whether the battery has an HP spare part number label,
• whether HP diagnostics recognizes it normally,
• whether the BIOS reports any battery warnings,
• and where the battery was purchased from.

If the laptop charges normally, shows no BIOS battery alerts, and passes HP Hardware Diagnostics battery tests, then it is probably either genuine HP or at least a properly compatible smart battery.

To be honest, you don't necessarily need a genuine HP battery since many non-OEM batteries meet or even exceed HP's manufacturing standards.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Abundant11]

Thanks for the info

[NonSequitur777]

@Abundant11,

You're welcome!

Warm Regards,

NonSequitur777