PCB failures (Such as Samsung PCB BF41-00200A) 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 BF41-00200A failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

Samsung PCB BF41-00200A Failures:

Q: Samsung Hm500LI

Hi everyone,I have a 2,5” 500 gb samsung hm500li hard drive what has died ?It doesn’t spin and make a repetitive sound clic-clic during some seconds after that it turns off. In case PCB is fried, I’ve found some sellers that sell exactly the same model as mine. Bf41-00200A rev03 p02My question is: is it needed a firmware transfer or chip swap for my model? In other words would my disk run if I swap one pcb for another.Best regards

Replacement Samsung PCB BF41-00200A:

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 HDD PCB BF41-00200A
• Samsung HM400LI Hard Drive PCB BF41-00200A
• Samsung HM500LI Hard Drive PCB BF41-00200A