PCB failures (Such as Samsung PCB BF41-00163A) 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 Samsung PCB BF41-00163A failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

Samsung PCB BF41-00163A Failures:

Q: samsung HD161HJ PCB damaged. need help!!

for me then all i want is to know that what is the name/model no of the part/chip that have to be replaced and is that safe to recover my data from the HDD after replacing it?ur help would be much appreciated friends PCB No BF41-00163A R00 SM_8M REV 01 HDD model No Samsung Spinpoint HD161HJ (160GB/7200rpm/8M) REV A img249imageshackus/img249/219/10122010630thjpg img18imageshackus/img18/4099/10122010623thjpg img43imageshackus/img43/8018/10122010622thjpg

Q: Burnt PCB on Samsung HD161HJ

I have a SATA drive Samsung model HD161HJ That I think has a burnt PCB. It has this number etched on the PCB BF41-00163A R00. I think I may have found the exact model drive. Would it be possible to swap the PCB’s and recover the data. I read somewhere that there may be a ROM chip that I need to take off of the old board and have it soldered onto the new board. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you need more info.Thanks, Cliff

Q: HOT SWAP ON SAMSUNG HDD

well, for hot swap to access SA, same spec hdd is required. Is it applicable to use SAME Series HDD when exact donor is not found?Example:Native HDD: HD082GJ, PCB: BF41-00163ADONOR HDD: HD161HJ, PCB: BF41-00163ABOTH HDD from same series, but different model and different in size.So, is it possible to gain SA access by using this one as donor?

Replacement Samsung PCB BF41-00163A:

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:

• Samsung HD082GJ Hard Drive PCB BF41-00163A
• Samsung HD161HJ Hard Drive PCB BF41-00163A
• SAMSUNG HDD PCB BF41-00163A
• Samsung HE160HJ Hard Drive PCB BF41-00163A