PCB failures (Such as Fujitsu PCB CA26344-B33104BA<\/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 Fujitsu PCB CA26344-B33104BA failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.<\/p>\n
Q: Fujitsu 320GB HDD failure, main controller ic ?<\/b><\/p>\n
Hello, I have a failed Fujitsu 320GB HDD, Firmware 00808909, board CA26344-B33104BA, the problem started when i tried to hibernate on my laptop today, appeared blue screen, after hardware restarting of laptop, it shows no bootable device i used an external hdd driver box and connected the failed hdd to another laptop through usb port, it still doesn’t function i opened the hdd and saw the disk spins, <\/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 Fujitsu PCB CA26344-B33104BA) 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…<\/p>\n