What would cause my Nexus 7 to suddenly just not power on?  Plugged it in the battery symbol comes up in the middle of the screen like its charging, then a couple seconds later the image disappears.  Unit won't power on no matter what I try.  Obviously its not charging either.  Have tried other power outlets, other power cords etc.  Nothing seems to bring it back to life.  I can't afford to send this thing in to have it repaired.  Any ideas what to try?  Also, any ideas what caused it to do this suddenly.  It worked fine in the morning, then that afternoon went to use it again and it wouldn't turn on at all.  I think it had the Droid 4.4.4 OS.  The only thing I haven't been able to do yet is plug it into my computer via the USB cable.  I'm wondering if that could possibly wake it up or what else may be going on. 

If I play around with it plugging and unplugging the cable it will randomly show the battery charging icon in the middle of the screen then it shuts off again and won't even try to turn on.  Can't get past the battery image in the middle of the screen, doesn't attempt to start up, no noise of any type from the device either. 

Is it a paperweight? 

I just won myself an Asus Nexus 7 16gb tablet on ebay this morning, after several different attempts at winning, I finally did.  This one is practically brand new, only issue is I will have to find a charging/data cable as the seller's cat tried eating theirs LOL.  Anyow, I'm glad I found this forum, and I'm sure I'll definitely need some guidance along the way as its been a few years since I've had an Android OS device. 

Just a bit about myself:
I live in Idaho, I spent 12 years in the Idaho Army National Guard, and I'm currently working at a small locally owned Cafe which just so happens to be going out of business in a couple months, so I'm in the process of job hunting once again. 

Here's my new toy...hope it gets here soon .