PCB failures (Such as WD PCB 2060-001129-*** (2061-001129-***)) 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 2060-001129 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

WD PCB 2060-001129 Failures:

Q: Hot m29f102bb Flash Memory on WD400EB-00CPF0.

Details on drive WD400EB-00CPF0 21 FEB 2002 DSBAYV2A PCB 0000 001113-200F X W 1826 Z08H 4 00 03 34 0 I have tried to source a replacement PCB for this drive but the closest drive I can find is 1 WD400BB-23DEA0 17 July 2003 DSBHNA2CA PCB 2061-001129-000GA XW 1938 3S9 A 0003030 4033 or 2 WD400BB-23DEA0 09 Feb 2004 DSCHNA2CH PCB 2061-001129-000 GB XS 1951 3L7E 1 0004310 4314 Can I swap the boards from either of these drives to recover the data? I suspect that these both are too different

Replacement WD PCB 2060-001129:

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:

• Western Digital HDD PCB 2060-001129-001
• Western Digital WD200BB HDD PCB 2060-001129-001
• Western Digital WD300BB HDD PCB 2060-001129-001
• Western Digital WD400BB HDD PCB 2060-001129-001