PCB failures (Such as Samsung PCB BF41-00352A) 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 BF41-00352A failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

Samsung PCB BF41-00352A Failures:

Q: HD502HJ – Is it possible?

is the ORIGINAL PCB? Replied – 15days ago the HDD was not working, and worked after swapping the PCB (Attached PCB found 00263A), after 15days of work, again it stopped working and he doesn’t have the original PCB I guess the original PCB was 00352A with ROM Chip Then how is it possible to get the drive working without replacing the ROM (Ok, taking into concern than the DONOR PCB had SAME ROM VERSION) But the replaced PCB is different series – 00263A How can it be possible that it’s

Q: SAMSUNG HD502HJ ROM Required

2 drives with corrupt ROM.1. HD502HJ – REV. A – Manufacturing Date: 2011.04 – Made In China – PCB: BF41-00352A 002. HD502HJ – REV. A – Manufacturing Date: 2011.07 – Made In China – PCB: BF41-00263A 02I need ROM of these 2 drives. Never worked with ROM for Samsung Drives. Any more info required? Or is there any procedure for regenerate?

Replacement Samsung PCB BF41-00352A:

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 HD253GJ PCB Board BF41-00352A
• Samsung HD502HJ PCB Board BF41-00352A
• Samsung PCB Board BF41-00352A 00