Hard power off. it was in some sort of sleep state weirdness it seems.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > 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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