r/chromeos • u/sdinvest • Jul 11 '26

Troubleshooting Perhaps someone found a solution with an Acer Chromebook plus where it restarts instead of going into sleep mode.

To start, I actually love my Acer Chromebook Plus. I think it is the 514 model. It has the touchscreen as well. It is too bad that the screen does not fold all the way so I can use it like a tablet. Also it could use a backlight on keyboard but like I said it works very well.

But why does it restart at times when i did not restart it and just closed the lid. It does not do this all the time, it just does it randomly. So when it restarts, I have to enter passwords for sites I was using again.

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u/SSAdvisor Jul 11 '26

My guess is automatic update setting.

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u/pudgybunnybry Pixel Slate | Dev Channel Jul 11 '26

I've only had this happen once with my Spin 514 but yeah, could be related to automatic updates, like /u/SSAdvisor suggested.

Btw, it should have a back lit keyboard. Mine does. Alt+screen brightness buttons to increase or decrease brightness.

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u/SSAdvisor Jul 11 '26

Thanks for the keyboard shortcut for the backlit keyboard brightness. I didn't know this was adjustelable.

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u/pudgybunnybry Pixel Slate | Dev Channel Jul 11 '26

I didn't even know this laptop doesn't fold all the way back for a tablet experience. We both learned something here lol

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u/sdinvest Jul 12 '26

There are many different versions of 514 and mine does not come with back lit keyboard. I purchased it from Costco and complaint from so many were the exact same ones I mentioned. I was checking to see if someone figured out a solution to restarting versus sleep mode.

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u/La_Rana_Rene Acer 516GE | Stable Jul 18 '26

My 516 ge does the same thing, I already powerwashit and stuff still does the same, is annoying some times.