PCB failures (Such as Toshiba PCB G003296A) 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 Toshiba PCB G003296A failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

Toshiba PCB G003296A Failures:

Q: Toshiba MQ01UBD100

Good afternoon Looking for some guidance on potentially recovering a Toshiba MQ01UBD100 drive on a G003296A PCB I’m not a professional, or even experienced amateur Sure if one of your typical “I have a standard working SATA drive inside and then a small amount of broken electronics for the USB connection” situations I’ll remove it and connect it and recover, but that’s not the case with these I’m HOPING it’s

Replacement Toshiba PCB G003296A:

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:

• Toshiba MQ01ABD100 Hard Drive PCB G003296A
• Toshiba MQ01UBD100 Hard Drive PCB G003296A
• Toshiba PCB Board G003296A