Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Re: Chromebook Cannot Power Off

On 2025-04-28, Brad <brad@yallmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I have a Samsung Chromebook running OpenBSD 7.7 amd64. I closed the lid
> and when I opened it later I just have a black screen. Everything but
> sound was working before I closed the lid.
>
> I cannot power it off now. I held the power button for 2 minutes,
> nothing. I think it may have suspended when I closed the lid.
>
> Other than waiting for the battery to completely drain or taking it
> apart, is there any key sequence that might wake it up or cause it to
> reboot?

Is there a paperclip button underneath to reset? (These often just
disconnect the battery so depending on power arrangements you may need
to unplug any PSU as well).


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