PCB failures (Such as WD PCB 2060-771629-*** (2061-771629-***)) affect thousands of hard drives every year and often result in permanent data loss. A hard drive may suddenly fail to power on, and a computer may not detect that it is plugged in. Some failed hard drives will also show up in computer BIOS with incorrect brand/model information. PCB failures can also cause physical issues such as read/write head failures, and many PCB failure symptoms overlap with the symptoms of other physical hard drive issues.

Some emails from customers of WD PCB 2060-771629 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

WD PCB 2060-771629 Failures:

Q: WD Scorpio Black 750GB – PCB Swap – help with EEPROM

so have pity on me – anyway I’ve tried a board swap on a WD scorpio black and can’t get it to work The old board was damaged due to overvoltage I have some important data I need to get off the disk The HDD is a WD7500BPKT, the PCB is a 2060-771629-006 rev P1 (P with an underscore) There’s an external EEPROM (PM25LD040) in location U12 Theres another version of this PCB without the underscore under the P – this one uses a winbond flash (and it’s different in other ways too) – this isn’t

Q: Scorpio Black Alternative

You are gonna like this head swap… I think.PatientMDL: WD7500BPKT-75PK4T0SN: WXS1…DATE: 21 MAR 2012DCM: HHCTJABR/N: 771629MALAYSIADonorMDL: WD5000BEKT-60KA9T0SN: WX21…DATE: 06 JUL 2010DCM: HACTJBBBR/N: 771714THAILANDCompatible.

Q: WD Scorpio Black 750GB – PCB swap problem

Hi, I have a WD7500BPKT – 75PK4T0 with failed PCB – 2060-771629-006 Rev A (A is Underscore) I’ve purchased new PCB 2060-771629-006 REV P1 and made BIOS swap U12 from the broken board after that drive now spins but data is still not accessible in Linux the SMART has no data etc the CPU i think is the same 88i9146-TFJ2 (on REV P1 it’s 88i9146-TFJ2 P4F75702 1049 B2P TW and on REV A it’s 88i9146-TFJ2

Replacement WD PCB 2060-771629:

To repair a failure board, the simple way is swapping the failure board with a replacement board. Donor boards on HardDriveParts.com are listed below:

• WD WD5000BPKX PCB Board 2060-771629-006
• WD WD5000BPVT PCB Board 2060-771629-006
• WD WD7500BPKX PCB Board 2060-771629-006
• WD5000BPKT WD PCB Circuit Board 2060-771629-006
• WD5000BTKT WD PCB Circuit Board 2060-771629-006
• WD7500BPKT WD PCB Circuit Board 2060-771629-006
• WD7500BTKT WD PCB Circuit Board 2060-771629-006
• Western Digital PCB Board 2060-771629-001
• Western Digital PCB Board 2060-771629-002
• Western Digital PCB Board 2060-771629-005
• Western Digital PCB Board 2060-771629-006 REV P1