Bravada rear axle problems

I noticed a humming in the Bravada the other day, it sounded like a low tire, NOT! I was on the way to another town, about 12 mile out, the rear axle went out on me. The axle cover seal went bad and let all the axle grease leak out, so now I need to replace the whole axle......$350 for used, or $500 for a rebuilt unit. either way, I will need to be working before I can replace it.
I really like this old Bravada, even with 145,000 miles on it, I enjoy driving it during the winter. I'll keep you updates when I replace it! For now, it must set.
Have a great one all!

ICanMan!

Acer D255E, D257 memory upgrades and broken screen

So it's been a while since I've posted once again. Who would believe with being unemployed, that I could be so busy?
I picked up an Acer One D255E Netbook a while back, five weeks after I bought it I BROKE it! I NEVER break anything! Anyhow, I broke the screen on it. I decided that rather than fixing the screen and bezel plastics, I would use it as a media server, and connect it to my television and entertainment center. So far the D255E has turned out to be a great setup!
I picked up an Acer D257 two months after I broke the first one. I was more than pleased to see that it had a dual-core processor in it! HOWEVER! It came with Win. 7 Basic and 1Gb. of ram, not the best combination.
Believe it or now, I had a Win. 7 Professional upgrade just laying around (That doesn't happen often!) and I found a 2Gb. chip at Crucial for $13! The little netbook runs much better with more memory, one MAJOR complaint! WHY does Acer not design their Netbooks to handle the memory that the operating system can use? Guess we'll never know?
I'd like t,o in the future upgrade the hard drive in this notebook to 500Gb, I'll need to get back to work before I can make this happen. I did upgrade the D255E with a 2Gb. memory card as well as upgrading the operating system to Win 7 Home Premium.

Acer D255E Ram upgrade video 
Acer D257 Ram upgrade Video  
Installing the memory is DIFFERENT for these machines! Make sure to view the installation video for your SPECIFIC model!

I have two Dells coming my way that are both dead. I believe one succumbed due to a power surge from its power supply, it smells bunt. Guess I'll see what I can make of them?
Have a great one!

ICanMan!