PCB failures (Such as WD PCB 2060-771829-*** (2061-771829-***)<\/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 2060-771829 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.<\/p>\n
Q: WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB BIOS cant detect hdd after 5V line fail<\/b><\/p>\n
Hello I have a Western Digital WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB SATA drive with 2060-771829-005 REV A PCB It was a not so used, fully functional error free drive before an accident There was an user error on my side I needed the drive in an old machine, all SATA power lines from the PSU was occupied I connected the drive to the mainboard with a normal SATA cable, to the PSU with a faulty SATA power to molex adapter(I <\/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 2060-771829-*** (2061-771829-***)) 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