Tryto boot first without the power adapter then plugged in. If you don't have this Reset pinhole, you can do a Power Drain procedure which is more effective but involves opening the laptop that may void the Acer warranty. In that case bring/send the laptop to Acer Services in your country. Power Drain: First turn off your Chromebook. Next, press Esc + Refresh on the keyboard and hold down the Power button. (The Refresh key is located where F3 would be on a typical PC keyboard.) Your Chromebook will boot straight to recovery mode. The Esc + Refresh method is for newer Chromebooks. First try to adjust the screen resolution to something more comfortable and see if the problem goes away. If not, go to the next step. Borrow a working monitor from another computer and try it. Update the drivers to the video card. Test your computer's memory and replace the memory if tests show any problem. 1 Disconnect the power cord. 2. Remove the battery. 3. Hold down the power button for 30 seconds , then release for 30 sec and then hold down for another 30sec. 4. Plug in power ,replace battery and power on laptop. If this causes no Joy try this. 1 Start Windows in safe mode using the code on the internal hard drive, then use the troubleshooting routines to fix it. 2) Use code on an external device such as a recovery DVD or USB thumbdrive Ok on the second image you have the F12 Boot Menu disabled. Enable it by selecting with the cursor, pressing Enter to get the options, then cursor the correct value. On the next screen there are two things needed. We want to disable secure boot by marking all UEFI images as trusted. Removeany residual electricity by removing the battery, disconnecting the power adapter, and pressing and holding the power button for 30 seconds. Connect the power adapter again, wait 30 seconds, and then turn on the system. If your laptop starts, turn it off again and reinstall the battery. TrySystem Restore. 2. Try making a Startup repair disk. 3. Acer Recovery Options. 4. Contact Acer. Try tapping F8 at startup, and from the list of startup selections, select Safe Mode by using UP Arrow Key to go there > then hit Enter. Try a System Restore once there, to pick a Restore Point before your problem.. AcerLaptop Won't Boot. Hi, I'm working on an Acer Laptop for a friend and it will not boot past the Acer boot screen. Every once in a while I can get it to load windows or boot to a cd, but it is very random. I did get it to boot to the Windows XP cd so I could re-install Windows, but when it had to reboot it got stuck again at the Acer screen 1 Boot your computer into safe mode. 2) Type recovery in the search box on your desktop, and click Recovery in the list of results.. 2) Click Open System Restore.. 3) Click Choose a different restore point, and click Next to select a restore point before the issue occurs.. 4) Follow the on-screen instructions to finish the restore. If you don’t have eu0tQJ9.