thanks. I got it fixed. pressed the power button for 60 seconds (or was it 30). What did that do?
On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM Paws Prime via PLUG-discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > Been quite a while since I played with a chromebook. I know most of them > don't have a regular BIOS, but something called 'recovery mode.' > > Look for the Refresh key. It should be the fourth key from the left on > the top, function key line and have a circle arrow on it. When you > locate it, press and hold it down, press and hold down ESC (the escape > key) and press and hold down the Power button. After a few seconds, if > the screen pops up a message that says it is entering recovery mode, > release the Power button but continue to hold down the ESC and Refresh > keys. It may be a few more seconds before the screen says that recovery > mode is on, at which point you can release the ESC and Refresh keys and > follow some prompts to recover your OS. > > If you get nothing on the screen when you've held down Refresh, ESC and > Power for over fifteen seconds, you might well have a real hardware > problem with the chromebook. > > Good luck! > > Paws Prime > > On 12/17/25 12:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send PLUG-discuss mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of PLUG-discuss digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. acer chromrbook 14 (Michael) > > 2. Re: acer chromrbook 14 ([email protected]) > > 3. Re: acer chromrbook 14 (Pablo Camacho) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:42:21 -0500 > > From: Michael <[email protected]> > > To: Main PLUG discussion list <[email protected]> > > Subject: acer chromrbook 14 > > Message-ID: > > < > cafrvunlk66acodqcoy-n_vg6+rwatnwk+cfwapg7c0tjfqg...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Well, I got the above computer in 2017ish. Yesterday I went to turn it on > > and it wouldn't. The blue light comes on and the charge light comes on > > (when I'm charging it). Did the computer die or is there anything I can > do > > about it? > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://lists.phxlinux.org/pipermail/plug-discuss/attachments/20251217/70bfb46c/attachment-0001.htm > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:07:19 -0700 > > From: [email protected] > > To: Main PLUG discussion list <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: acer chromrbook 14 > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > > > > Good question for CharGPT. > > > > > > > > On 2025-12-17 08:42, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >> Well, I got the above computer in 2017ish. Yesterday I went to turn it > >> on and it wouldn't. The blue light comes on and the charge light comes > >> on (when I'm charging it). Did the computer die or is there anything I > >> can do about it? > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: [email protected] > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:21:06 -0700 > > From: Pablo Camacho <[email protected]> > > To: Main PLUG discussion list <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: acer chromrbook 14 > > Message-ID: > > < > caprjcoagkbupcjsry+fn-g3nnv6ym8bhlvw5tqqsskkngqv...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > It could be a bad RAM or incompatible RAM issue. I have had my computer > not > > display anything on screen after changing the RAM. > > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 9:07?AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Good question for CharGPT. > >> > >> > >> > >> On 2025-12-17 08:42, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >>> Well, I got the above computer in 2017ish. Yesterday I went to turn it > >>> on and it wouldn't. The blue light comes on and the charge light comes > >>> on (when I'm charging it). 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