PCB failures (Such as WD PCB 2060-771590-*** (2061-771590-***)<\/b>) 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.<\/p>\n
Some emails from customers of WD PCB 2060-771590 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.<\/p>\n
Q: Table for all WD Marvell PCB’s<\/b><\/p>\n
… 771698 Sadle G6 – 701537 Pinnacle Kermit STG Twin lakes – 701444 Sequoia Tornado Tornado 2D Tornado 2R Spider – 771590 Pincilte – 701596 Pinnacle PATA – 701494 Tornado 2PMR Tornado PATA – 771642 Dragfly4 – 701474 …<\/p>\n
Q: Marvell PCB Alternatives<\/b><\/p>\n
Some times you can’t find the same pcb number for WD so you can use one of these alternates ?************************************Notes: all these alternatives pcb are tested *************************************1-701590 you can use 7015372-771590 ?you can use 7015903-701267 you can use 701266 rom swap needed4-701567 you can use 701537.5-701596 you can use 701590 or can use 7015376-701477 you can use 701444<\/p>\n
Q: WD3200AAJS-00L7A0 Recovery<\/b><\/p>\n
checked TVS Diodes and 0Ohm resistors I can see no damages on PCB I also cleaned Oxidized connectors Next I want to try to swap PCBs, so I ordered donor PCB from https\/\/www de\/itm\/Hard-Disk-HDD-PCB-Board-WD-250GB-WD2500AAJS-2060-771590-001-REV-A-BE\/232396293334?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353m2749l2649 It has exact same Partnumber, but comes from an WD2500AAJS drive Is it enough when I swap U12 ROM? Is there anything else I can do? The HDD already had <\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
PCB failures (Such as WD PCB 2060-771590-*** (2061-771590-***)) 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…<\/p>\n