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!
2 comments:
I have an Acer AO1 D255E I purchased 03/2011. First I upgraded the memory from 1 to @GB, right off the bat. 02/2012, I upgraded the harddrive to a 240GB SSD, and upgraded the the software from Win Starter to Win Ultimate. I also lament the memory limitation of 2GB. It would be better than an ultrabook!
I agree that a 2Gb ram limit is just plain silly, I wish Acer would upgrade the memory controller to accept the 8Gb limit of Win 7. I have an Acer notebook that indeed has been upgraded to 8Gb so I can run ANY program I desire without issue.
I also upgraded Win 7 basic to premium, far better features!
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