PCB failures (Such as WD PCB 2060-800039-*** (2061-800039-***)<\/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 2060-800039 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.<\/p>\n
Q: WD WD10EZEX: PCB swap: Will it work? (not a data recovery Q)<\/b><\/p>\n
Hi, I have a WD WD10EZEX drive that appears to be completely dead the OS does not recognize it, the motor does not seem to be running I suspect there may be a problem with the hard drive’s PCB (REV P1 2060 800039 001) but I don’t know for sure Assuming that the problem is caused by bad PCB, what would happen if I replaced the old PCB with a good one (obviously with the same revision and code numbers) Will the drive work? If the old data on the drive cannot be accessed <\/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 2060-800039-*** (2061-800039-***)) 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