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The Acer Chromebook CB3-431-C5EX is a fourteenth generation Chromebook released in May 2016. The 14-inch Acer Chromebook 14 is made to have a full HD screen and up to twelve hours of battery life.

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How do I power on a Chromebook with a dead power button?

I’ve got a Acer Chromebook 14 that I’m doing a screen replacement on. The power button was known to not work before the repair. The customer had simply been opening the lid to ‘turn it on’.

I disconnected the battery before doing the repair, and now I can’t get the Chromebook to power-on again when opening the lid. I’m assuming it was in sleep mode before, but disconnecting the battery did a hard shutdown.

I don’t have the charger, but I will try hooking it up to my bench PSU. Does anyone know what I could try to power this thing up?

Any help very much appreciated!

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Typically opening the screen should boot the Chromebook, if it doesn't there might be some screen issue or it might just not be charged? Did you try plugging it in?

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Soldered a couple of wires onto the DC power jack socket. Thankfully the Chromebook powers on when the charger is connected. Now it powers on when the lid is opened. :)

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