PCB failures (Such as WD PCB 2060-771829-*** (2061-771829-***)) 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 2060-771829 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

WD PCB 2060-771829 Failures:

Q: WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB BIOS cant detect hdd after 5V line fail

Hello I have a Western Digital WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB SATA drive with 2060-771829-005 REV A PCB It was a not so used, fully functional error free drive before an accident There was an user error on my side I needed the drive in an old machine, all SATA power lines from the PSU was occupied I connected the drive to the mainboard with a normal SATA cable, to the PSU with a faulty SATA power to molex adapter(I

Replacement WD PCB 2060-771829:

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 PCB Board 2060-771829-002
• WD WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 PCB Board 2060-771829-004
• WD WD10EZEX PCB Board 2060-771829-000
• WD WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 PCB Board 2060-771829-004
• WD WD10EZEX-00KUWA0 PCB Board 2060-771829-003
• WD WD10EZEX-08M2NA0 PCB Board 2060-771829-004
• WD WD10EZEX-21M2NA0 PCB Board 2060-771829-004
• WD WD10EZEX-22BN5A0 PCB Board 2060-771829-004
• WD WD10EZEX-75M2NA0 PCB Board 2060-771829-004
• WD WD5003AZEX-00MK2A0 PCB Board 2060-771829-004
• WD WD7500AZEX-00BN5A0 PCB Board 2060-771829-004
• Western Digital HDD PCB 2060-771829-005
• Western Digital PCB Board 2060-771829-000
• Western Digital PCB Board 2060-771829-003
• Western Digital PCB Board 2060-771829-004 REV P1
• Western Digital WD1003FZEX HDD PCB 2060-771829-005
• Western Digital WD10EARS HDD PCB 2060-771829-005
• Western Digital WD10EZEX HDD PCB 2060-771829-005
• Western Digital WD15EARS HDD PCB 2060-771829-005
• Western Digital WD20EARS HDD PCB 2060-771829-005
• Western Digital WD20EURS HDD PCB 2060-771829-005
• Western Digital WD5000AZLX HDD PCB 2060-771829-005
• Western Digital WD5003AZEX HDD PCB 2060-771829-005