Author Topic: IGT AVP SMLD "No System Launcher Found or Determined" on Boot up (Read 6729 times)

bpracer · « **on:** June 22, 2021, 03:17:31 pm »

I have an IGT AVP SMLD running a 3.0M CPU.

About every 5th or 6th boot I get a "No System Launcher Found or Determined System Boot Fail" error and the machine Fails to boot.

I cycle the power and the machine then boots and plays fine.

Has anyone seen this or have any idea where to start looking for the error?

Thanks!

rickhunter · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2021, 04:37:13 pm »

I would replace the hard drive/ssd to see if it fixes the issue. Or SATA/power cable if your ssd is not directly attached to the mpu's sata connectors.

SlotGuy716 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 20, 2022, 10:12:56 am »

Did you ever find a solution to this? I had the same problem and now I get the message every time. The hard drive is a newer SSD drive.

Slotman · « **Reply #3 on:** March 20, 2022, 10:27:07 am »

Going to be directly related to the SSD or HDD.
If its a HDD drive clone it over to a SSD. If its currently a SSD drive how big is it? I have noticed that larger drives (like the EVO 850 or 860) will sometimes do that but the smaller drives like this one
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0722XPTL6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 work fine.

SlotGuy716 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 20, 2022, 10:45:43 am »

That is the exact hard drive I have in there bought right from Amazon. Problem started a month or 2 after installation. Maybe it's a dud.

Jaycyn414 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 20, 2022, 10:50:48 am »

I worked on a friends trimline with an AVP 3.0 that would fail to boot every so often with the no system launcher found until it finally quit booting altogether. He had a pny ssd, i picked up a standalone hard drive duplicater and a sandisk ssd (slightly larger in gb) cloned it and put the sandisk ssd into his machine and he hasn't had a problem since. On one of my smld cabs the same thing, had a platter hard drive duplicated it to a sandisk ssd all good now, no missing system launcher, no more random restarts.

Jaycyn414 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 20, 2022, 10:55:44 am »

Here's the drives i used, the duplicator ignores the additional space on the hardrive and writes the identical size of the drive you're clonning.

SanDisk SSD PLUS 240GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 530 MB/s - SDSSDA-240G-G26 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F9G43WU/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_DKE94HXPW4Q8XXREQ1G1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

bpracer · « **Reply #7 on:** March 20, 2022, 11:13:06 am »

Quote from: Joey3695 on March 20, 2022, 10:12:56 am

Did you ever find a solution to this? I had the same problem and now I get the message every time. The hard drive is a newer SSD drive.

As others have stated here, I also replaced the harddrive.

SlotGuy716 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 20, 2022, 11:39:44 am »

New hard drive ordered. I will let you guys know. Thanks for the help

ChrisColumbus · « **Reply #9 on:** March 21, 2022, 08:02:23 am »

Most likely hard drive but also check your 50 pin ribbon cable from backplane to I/o card in the brainbox. If not seated securely or not tight fit, worn out, can cause also cause that error especially from moving cables or jarring the doors

SlotGuy716 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 21, 2022, 08:43:28 am »

I checked that cable, even replaced it with one I bought on here and still the same issue. I'm going to attempt to clone the hard drive tonight and hopefully that solves it. If not, I'll try to find a OS on here and start fresh.

sirius7 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2022, 03:41:18 pm »

I can't confirm this, but I seem to get this problem occasionally if I haven't been using the machine much and the telltale battery loses it's charge. I've suspected it is caused by a telltale battery with a low charge because if I keep the machine on long enough for the battery to recharge it seems to start booting again. Again, just a theory, for what it's worth. The problem also goes away if I clear the cabinet memory.

SlotGuy716 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2022, 06:25:53 pm »

I attempted to clone the hard drive which took a couple hours. I put the new hard drive in and it was blank. So I reinstalled the old hard drive and it worked. I'm not sure if there's any issues with the SATA cable or if something loosened with jarring the door and I just missed it . Tomorrow I'm going to clear the cabinet memory and hopefully do a few trouble free restarts. But for now, I'm going to enjoy playing it and start looking for an OS.

ChrisColumbus · « **Reply #13 on:** March 25, 2022, 06:06:12 am »

How did you clone your drive? The telltale battery will throw an error if discharged.

Stayouttadabunker · « **Reply #14 on:** March 25, 2022, 06:19:36 am »

Why would you want to Clear the cabinet memory on a perfectly good running machine?
That makes no sense.

mguistolise · « **Reply #15 on:** April 13, 2026, 12:45:24 pm »

I seem to be having this same issue. G23 "No System Launcher Found or Determined" I have a diagnostic key and a ekey. I have tried everything here but changing the ribbon cable. I think it time to try a new hard drive. Which drive should I buy? Once I install the new drive do I just use the ekey and game hard drive to reinstall everything or it these more to this?

Thanks in advance for any tips

Mike

SlotGuy716 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 13, 2026, 02:11:46 pm »

My solution ended up being wipe the drive and start over. I thought it was a failed hard drive so I cloned it to a SSD and it worked for a day then I had the same error. I'm guessing I installed some bad game files because once I wiped and started fresh, the problem was gone. I did have a lot of games on there at the time so rather than doing them one by one to find the bad one, starting over ended up being the quickest. You will need a diagnostic flash drive as well as a OS on a flash drive. You need to figure out which OS is compatible with your bios chips.

SlotGuy716 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 13, 2026, 02:13:43 pm »

Also I ended up using a PNY Hard drive like the one shown above. They're no longer sold on amazon but you can find them on ebay. Just make sure you buy new.

mguistolise · « **Reply #18 on:** April 18, 2026, 12:42:35 pm »

Thanks. How do I wipe the drive and start over? Or, should I just buy the new drive? If I do buy a new drive, do I put in in and load all the software or do i need to format the drive?

mguistolise · « **Reply #19 on:** April 18, 2026, 12:44:21 pm »

Is this the correct drive to buy..

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F9G46Q8/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_DKE94HXPW4Q8XXREQ1G1?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

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