PCB failures (Such as WD PCB 2060-771817-*** (2061-771817-***)) 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 2060-771817 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

WD PCB 2060-771817 Failures:

Q: List of compatible SATA PCB for 2,5″ USB drives

… – 701672, 701609, or 771672 771737 – 701692 or 771692 771754 – 701692 or 771692 701754 – 771692 771761 – 771692 771801 – 771823 771814 – 771820 771859 – 771852 771949 – 771959 or 771939 771961 – 771960, 771939, or 771959 771962 – 771931 or 771959 771817 – 771820 800041 – 800022 800038 – 800025 800069 – 800066 800067 – 800065 810012 – 800022 If somebody knows another compatible boards, please write it here in this topic.

Q: USB to SATA WD 2060-771817-001

I am trying to pull some data off a WD drive with a physically damaged MicroUSB port. Ideally I’d like to relpace the MicroUSB PCB to a standard SATA PCB which it looks has been done by others for these small WD drives.The existing PCB is a 2060-771817-001 on a WD5000BMVV-11SXZS2 drive.It looks to me like the WD771812 might be a compatible SATA PCB, can anyone confirm that?Thanks!-Ben

Q: beeping WD5000BMVV

to get your opinion at this point I’m familiar with data recovery on a software level but replacing PCBs is uncharted territory Looks like I can either solder onto the current PCB to try to hook up to SATA connections or I can buy the PCB 2060-771817-001 What’s involved with replacing the PCB?

Q: WD Passport USB transfer to compatible SATA Circuit PCB

701650 – 701499 701675 – 701672, 701609, or 771672 771737 – 701692 or 771692 771754 – 701692 771761 – 771692 771801 – 771823 771814 – 771820 771859 – 771852 771949 – 771959 or 771939 771961 – 771960, 771939, or 771959 771962 – 771931 or 771959 771817 – 771820 800041 – 800022 701675-001 – 701672-001 External ROM 88I9045-TJF2 701675-001 – 701609-004 No External ROM 88i8946-TJF2 701609-000 – 701675-001 Good luck

Q: Western Digital USB-SATA PCB Package

DFL is offering a package containing “all the compatible SATA PCBs for the most common USB PCBs including USB PCB 701605, 701615, 701635, 701675, 771737, 771754, 771761, 771801, 771814, 771817, 771859, 771961, 80038, 800041(3TB)” https//wwwdolphindatalabcom/product/western-digital-usb-sata-pcb-package/ Anyone have any thoughts or input about this? Seems like it may be a good deal if these are actually the most common boards I’m still waiting for an

Replacement WD PCB 2060-771817:

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:

• Western Digital HDD PCB 2060-771817-001
• Western Digital WD10TMVV HDD PCB 2060-771817-001
• Western Digital WD5000BMVV HDD PCB 2060-771817-001
• Western Digital WD7500KMVV HDD PCB 2060-771817-001