PCB failures (Such as WD PCB 2060-701622-*** (2061-701622-***)) 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 2060-701622 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

WD PCB 2060-701622 Failures:

Q: In need of replacement PCB for a Western Digital hard drive

I have a WD1001FALS SATA hard drive that has damaged SATA terminals, I either need to replace the PCB (WD 2061-701622-800-02P) or have someone replace the SATA terminals on my PCB.Please contact me if you are able to help! Thanks

Q: WTB WD 2060-701622-000 REV P1

88i8846-TFJ2SMOOTH L7251 3.1WINBOND W9425G6EH-52060-701622-000 REV P1

Q: WD6401AALS – PCB Smooth Chip IC Recovery Success Story

there When I flipped over my hard drive PCB board, I noticed that one of the ICs, the Smooth Chip, had burnt marks on it (the IC chip on the upper right hand corner of the picture) For my particular hard drive, I found the following PCB 2060-701622-000 Rev P1 Smooth Chip L7251 31 In general, what most people recommended, was to to get a new PCB board for your drive, and then do a BIOS firmware swap However, I learned that one could not do a BIOS swap for this part The PCB’s BIOS is

Replacement WD PCB 2060-701622:

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 WD5001AALS PCB Board 2060-701622-000
• WD1001FALS WD PCB Circuit Board 2060-701622-000
• WD6401AALS WD PCB Circuit Board 2060-701622-000
• WD7501AALS WD PCB Circuit Board 2060-701622-000
• Western Digital PCB Board 2060-701622-000 REV P1