New Life Games LLC
**Video Poker, Keno, Slots, 21** Gaming machines => WMS Williams Video => Topic started by: contra on May 06, 2023, 12:18:04 PM
-
Installed a few games in the past few weeks to the WMS BB3 Blade. Just successfully installed "Cheshire Cat," and played for 5 minutes when the game froze with the background animations still playing. 2 minutes later, the game reset with the following red error:
Loading serial_no module
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/wms/serial_no.ko baseport=<...trimmed for space...>
[ 66.427469] wms_wdt: Watchdog timer is now enabled. timeout=30
[ 66.435566] wms_wdt: Watchdog timer is now enabled. timeout=30
[ 66.443363] wms_wdt: device file closed unexpectedly. Will not stop the WDT!
Hard Drive / SSD not present
rc.sysinit: exit called: status: 3
*****************************
****SYSTEM HALTED
*****************************
Did my SSD finally fail or am I looking at a new CPU for this system?
Can anyone provide guidance on this one?
Everything is run on a battery backup; what happened is internal to the system. I have run a RAM Clear which worked fine. I cannot install any other games, as the Hard Drive / SSD not present error occurs every time. The 2 CF cards appear in the BIOS screen and the SSD does not sometimes.
-
SSD failed but I would check to make sure both fans are working properly in case the CPU overheated.
The SSD in under the CF card slots. There is a bar with 2 security screws covering it. The bar has the labels on it for the CF card slots. There are 2 SSD card slots behind that bar. I would try inserting it in the other slot and booting up just to make sure.
-
SSD failed <...> I would try inserting it in the other slot and booting up just to make sure.
Very good idea. I had removed the SSD from the slot it was in to order a new one. I didn't think to swap the SATA slot it was in.
(un)fortunately after swapping SATA slots, I think it is just a bum generic SSD. I get the same red error message in either port. Hopefully an Apacer mo-297 64GB MLC industrial SSD is good enough for the job. Hopefully the CPU does not have a fried SATA controller.
I greatly appreciate your response here idesign.
New SSD ordered. I will post any results. If there are any other suggestions of what I can do with a broken SSD in a Blade, otherwise I am bored for a few days...
-
One more thing, check the width of the replacement SSD. I found that some of those HalfSlim SSDs are too wide and won't fit in the slot. Compare it to the one that was in there.
-
I ordered a STARTECH SATA 22pin Extension Cable (SATA22PEXT). It works great with a cheap $10 120GB SSD in the WMS BB3 Blade system. This is a great idea for those on a budget or where mo-297 is difficult to find. It was just a defective SSD. Thanks! :thank_you: