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Singapore Ubuntu Mirror Always Failed on Weekend

I'm not sure everyone facing this issue or not. When I update or install something on my Ubuntu 14.04 server, it always uses "sg.archive.ubuntu.com" Singapore mirror and it's working during weekdays and failed on weekend Sat and Sun. So I make changes on the apt repository. $sudo vim /etc/apt/source.list comment out  # deb http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/xxxx and add  deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/xxx then run the command apt-get update then solve the issue.

Replacing VIA ART-3000 Power Adapter

The VIA ART-3000 is a complete, fanless and ruggedized embedded box PC, designed for a broad range of industrial, kiosk, POI and signage applications. it comes with EITX-3000 motherboard, a 1.3 GHz Nano processor, up to 2Gb DDR2 RAM, onboard Chrome 9 graphics solution, one 2.5” SATA drive bay, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, four COM ports, six USB connectors, dual LVDS and a VGA port. Current Status is EOL in VIA website. (http://www.viaembedded.com/en/support/eol/art-3000/) Today I'm going to show you how you can easily replace faulty power adapter. The reason is i'm not able to get the quote and reply from VIA authorized distributor. So this is the fastest way of replacing your own adapter.  The original power adapter is 19V output which is similar to most of laptop's power adapter. Here i bought cheap SGD $30 from Sim Lim tower.  Picture 1 Picture 1 shows 19V original charger. Picture 2 Picture 2 shows HP Laptop charger which is also 19V. So...