PCB failures (Such as WD PCB 2060-701609-*** (2061-701609-***)) 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 2060-701609 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

WD PCB 2060-701609 Failures:

Q: Problem changing USB 701675 to SATA

I am trying to convert WD7500KMVV USB PCB to SATA; according to the stickied post on the board the following PCB are compatible: 701675 – 701672, 701609, or 771672 I tried about 4 or 5 771672; drive DOESNT spin up, stays in BUSY (after putting USB rom). Tried 701609 but it was 192KB ROM instead of 256K so it was incompatible. I searched , for 701672 with no luck. Has anyone else had a similar problems with this PCB? I changed …

Q: List of compatible SATA PCB for 2,5″ USB drives

USB – SATA 701605 – 701499 701615 – 701499 701635 – 701572 701650 – 701499 701675 – 701672, 701609, or 771672 771737 – 701692 or 771692 771754 – 701692 or 771692 701754 – 771692 771761 – 771692 771801 – 771823 771814 – 771820 771859 – 771852 771949 – 771959 or 771939 771961 – 771960, 771939, or 771959 771962 – 771931 or 771959 771817 – 771820 800041 – 800022 800038 – 800025 800069 – 800066 800067 – 800065 810012 …

Q: WD5000BEVT-00A03T0

Hi,Guys!. Does someone have a WD5000BEVT-00A03T0 in stock for selling.. Client drive is from 16.Aug 2009 (should be close to that date). DCM:HHCVJBBB. epcb:2061-701609-800AC XT9C08. I would prefer to buy the whole hopefully functioning drive or if you have the epcb it would help us a lot,too.. best regards. Fred. Please pm if you have one in stock and willing to sell it to me.

Q: WD3200BEVT-11A03T0

Hi all, Im looking for the following WD PCBModel: WD3200BEVT-11A03T0PCB Code: 2060-701609-000 REV P1Its a WD Passport HDD and made in May 2009. Please PM me if you have the PCB. Thanks

Q: trying to recover a wd500bevt

hello, i have the following hard drive WD500BEVT-00A03T0 WWN50014EE202BC2D97 from the 27 4 2009 DCM EHCVJBBB LBA 976773168 R/N 701609 PCB 2060-701609-000 REV P1 (on board) 2061-701609-800 03P (on sticker) the drive is completely dead and i would like to see if the PCB is the culprit i have another drive of the same model albeit from 2011 i tried the PCB from this one and the drive spins (with some clicking however) up but is not

Q: Identifying/Recovering old WD Passport WD5000BEVT

Scoprio Blue 500GB WD50000BEVT P/N XXXXXX-XXX [yes, just a bunch of “X”] CT XXXXXXXXXXXXXX MDL WD5000BEVT-11A03T0 WWN 50014EE2586227F5 Date 10 Jul 2009 [several years old but used VERY little] DCM HHCVJBBB LBA 976773168 R/N 701609 Product of Thailand ==================================== There is a detachable board containing a USB-to-SATA converter The drive itself has a standard SATA interface If the drive is hooked up directly to an internal SATA port on a PC, without

Q: WD Passport USB transfer to compatible SATA Circuit PCB

Hello of international friends When you need to switch WD USB to SATA PCB data recovery Today me share the following model compatible PCB SATA 701605 – 701499 701615 – 701499 701635 – 701572 701650 – 701499 701675 – 701672, 701609, or 771672 771737 – 701692 or 771692 771754 – 701692 771761 – 771692 771801 – 771823 771814 – 771820 771859 – 771852 771949 – 771959 or 771939 771961 – 771960, 771939, or 771959 771962 – 771931 or 771959 771817 – 771820 800041 – 800022 701675-001 – 701672-001

Q: SATA PCB for 2060-701675 with 88i8945E0

Hi looking for SATA PCB for WD10TMVV-11A27S2 here the original USB logSystem controller (SoC)…………….. : 88i8945E0 (0x5340)Internal ROM………………………. : 256 KB (MID:0xE97F7F7F DID:0xA202)External ROM………………………. : NoHDD Initialization…………………. : OkI know 701672 or 771672 for board with 9045 SoCand 701609 for board with 8946 SoCBut how about 8945 SoC ??

Q: Looking for particular ROM version for WD3200BEVT-11A03T0

I am trying to access the data on a WD3200BEVT-11A03T0 (PCB 701609) with failed PCB I have a donor working 701609 PCB from the same model drive, but the donor has a different ROM version, and I can’t find a ROM that is compatible with the patient drive to get it to initialise properly It has an embedded ROM, no external chip Using the donor PCB/ROM, I can get the drive to a ready state and read all

Replacement WD PCB 2060-701609:

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:

• WD WD3200BEVT-11A03T0 PCB Board 2060-701609-000
• WD WD4000BEVT-11A03T0 PCB Board 2060-701609-000
• WD WD5000BEVT-00A03T0 PCB Board 2060-701609-000
• WD WD5000BEVT-11A03T0 PCB Board 2060-701609-000