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--- chromebook_annoyances [2021.02.22 18:41] – [Chromebook Doesn't Boot and Screen Stays Dark] Steve Isenberg
+++ chromebook_annoyances [2021.02.23 09:48] – Steve Isenberg
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 See Recovery screen.\\
 Insert USB (see URL).  System recovers.
+====Advanced mods====
+If anything goes wrong in a Chromebook Linux dual-boot or substitution, that Magic Reset Key is how you get back to plain-vanilla Chromebook. Then you put the Chromebook into Developer Mode if it isn't there already, and run the ROM substitution scripts or set up Crouton or Crostini.
+The more advanced techniques assume you have already tried and failed to do a normal Reset of the Chromebook.
+If your Chromebook is no longer getting Chrome OS updates, it's well worth the effort (and slight risk) of opening the Chromebook, removing the Write-Protect Screw, and flashing a substitute ROM like JohnLewis or SeaBIOS (CHRX)  (Reyhout). All of those substitutions are done using the curl command from a Chrome Root Terminal. Just a few keystrokes will get you into the Root Terminal, provided you know your Chromebook's Root Password. (If OEM default, this is published a lot of places.) The rest is just running the scripts and making your selections.
+Then the Chromebook will never again try to reset itself, and you will have a pure Linux Chromebook. Not all models qualify.