I bought a refurbished Dell chromebook, and used it for several months, taking it apart a few times.
One day, I took it apart, and pulled the motherboard out, because I was curious if I could modify it, maybe change the ram, even though it’s not meant to be changed.
When I put it all back together, it wouldn’t boot, not by opening the lid, not by pressing the key, nothing. I figured I shocked the board (since I neither own nor use any antistatic gear), and it was bricked.
After a few months of sitting around, I tried ro turn it on again, just out of curiosity, and it booted like everything was normal.
Does anyone have any idea what could have happened?
Tldr: Chromebook I thought was bricked started like normal after months of sitting ¯\_ (ツ) _/¯
I have had two laptops fail to boot. one needed ram removed and put back in…not that you could do with yours. the other needed power button held down for 45 seconds as a hard reset.
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I have had two laptops fail to boot. one needed ram removed and put back in…not that you could do with yours. the other needed power button held down for 45 seconds as a hard reset.
Maybe sitting unplugged for months worked as a hard reset? ¯\_ (ツ) _/¯