I have a one plus year old (March 2023 purchase so out of warranty I assume) 516 GE Chromebook. It has been great up until now, sans the audio going out once in a while. (Never found a fix for that :( All of a sudden last week, it started freezing up. At first it was once or twice a day, but then became more and more. I looked at my recent downloads and found only a few PDFs from clients. I don't download much at all.
Then it became much worse, where after only a minute after boot up, it would freeze. So I power washed it. But after 10 minutes it froze again. Then I restored the Chromebook. Thought I was good after about 30 minutes, and then it froze. And now it freezes up after 5 minutes or less of use. It is unusable at this point.
Is this a common issue with the GE 516? Is there anything else I can do on my own to try and fix? Any idea the cost to fix from Acer? Or should I just trash it? Seems crazy it has become a rock after only a year plus of light use.
[Edited the thread to add model number to the title]