G3686A Toshiba PCB Circuit Board

HDD Printed circuit board (PCB) with board number G3686A is usually used on these Toshiba hard disk drives: MQ02ABF100, BA00/DS001D, HDKCB51D0A02 T, Toshiba 1TB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive; MQ02ABF100, AA00/DS001D, HDKCB30D0A01 T, Toshiba 1TB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive; MQ02ABF100, DS001D, HDKCB30D0A01 T, Toshiba 1TB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive; MQ02ABF075, AA00/DS001C, HDKCB52H0A01 T, Toshiba 750GB SATA…

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2060-771961-000 WD PCB Circuit Board

HDD Printed circuit board (PCB) with board number 2060-771961-000 is usually used on these Western Digital hard disk drives: WD20NMVW-11AV3S0, DCM EHMTJHBB, Western Digital 2TB USB 2.5 Hard Drive; WD15NMVW-11AV3S4, DCM EHMTJHK, Western Digital 1.5TB USB 2.5 Hard Drive; WD7500BMVW-11AJGS0, DCM SBMTJBB, Western Digital 750GB USB 2.5 Hard Drive; WD5000BMVW-11AJGS0, DCM HBMTJBB, Western Digital 500GB…

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How you can recover data from the broken hard disk

Your PC’s hard disk gets too hot after which shuts lower, departing precious files and photos away from achieve. How can you recover data in the broken hard disk?

How you can recover data from the broken hard diskMy CPU cooler grew to become detached, inducing the PC getting too hot and shutting lower. I’m able to no more access the partition which I store my photos. The 230GB IDE disk is partitioned into H: 128GB RAW Healthy Primary Partition and K: 104.89GB NTFS Healthy Logical Drive. Home windows 7 reviews that H is inaccessible and also the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Can there be anything I’m able to do in order to restore connection with h partition and all sorts of my photographs? My backup is really a couple of days outdated.

Data can be simply retrieved from just about any hard disk. For seriously broken drives this is often an costly process, but customers very frequently give on valuable data that’s far simpler and fewer costly to revive. Even data saved on the hard disk that’s no more recognised through the PC’s Bios can from time to time be retrieved using software programs alone.

Fortunately, the relatively small quality and self-contained character of Jpeg images makes partial recovery possible, even when parts of the drive can not be read.

Fundamental and free software utilities for example Piriform Recuva are perfect tools for recuperating photos from broken hard disk drives, and can frequently find it difficult to restore data from the RAW partition.

One free utility that may accomplish this task is EaseUs File Recovery Wizard. That link allows you download the free version the entire program costs $69. You might try ZAR.

You may want to take additional how to begin recuperating your computer data from the RAW partition, for example ‘”unformatting’ the drive”. ZAR supplies a tutorial for finishing this method. The tool’s image-recovery feature is free of charge.

An additional choice is to test the Broken Partition Recovery module of MiniTool Energy File Recovery. It’ll recover 1GB of information free of charge, after which it you will need the $49 full version.

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WD Hard Drive Circuit Boards Swap Guide

As we know:  Western Digital HDD can’t spin; board/chip be burnt; interface broken; etc. These problems are caused by PCB malfunction. Swap PCB of your WD hard drives can resolve the problems. (See also Noise related to PCB in Western Digital hard Drives)

1. WD Hard Drives PCB Swap Guide:

For Western Digital HDDs, just need the donor PCB has the same board number as yours.

western-digital-hard-drive-pcb-swap

2. Before WD PCB Swap you should know:

1. Most PCB’s BIOS chip(ROM Chip) store the unique information. We need change the BIOS form original PCB to replacement PCB, in order to make the replacement PCB compatible with the HDD.  The 8pins (4 pins on each sides) with 25P05VP、25P10VP、25F512、25F1024、25F1024AN、SST25VF512、SST25VF010, etc. are the BIOS Chip.

Tips: Most of the TV/Phone Repair Shop can offer these services for just $5-%20

2. Some PCB don’t have separate BIOS. The BIOS be integrated on the Main Controller IC(The biggest chip on the board, also named Main Chip). We should exchange the Main Controller IC to let the HDD be recognized.

3. Where to buy WD Hard Drive Circuit Boards?

WD 2.5″ Laptop Hard Drives PCB:

WD 2060-771692-002 PCB
WD 2060-771692-005 PCB
WD 2060-771737-000 PCB
WD 2060-771814-001 PCB
WD 2060-771820-000 PCB
WD 2060-771823-000 PCB
WD 2060-771714-002 PCB
WD 2060-771754-000 PCB
WD 2060-701675-004 PCB
WD 2060-701572-002 PCB
WD 2060-771672-004 PCB
WD 2060-771672-001 PCB
WD 2060-701675-001 PCB
WD 2060-701499-005 REV A PCB
WD 2060-701402-002 PCB
WD 2060-701401-002 PCB
WD 2060-701578-001 PCB
WD 2060-701499-000 REV A PCB
WD 2060-701450-011 REV A PCB
WD 2060-701424-007 REV A PCB
WD 2060-701510-000 PCB

WD Hard Drives PCB(SATA)

Western Digital PCB 2060-771702-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-771590-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701477-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-771640-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-771577-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-771698-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-701640-006
Western Digital PCB 2060-771640-003
Western Digital PCB 2060-701640-005
Western Digital PCB 2060-771668-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-771642-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-701640-007
Western Digital PCB 2060-701567-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-701640-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-701640-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701640-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-771642-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701590-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701563-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-701520-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-701310-004
Western Digital PCB 2060-701537-004
Western Digital PCB 2060-701383-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701384-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-701453-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-701293-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701393-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-701444-003
Western Digital PCB 2060-701444-004
Western Digital PCB 2060-701477-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-701537-003
Western Digital PCB 2060-701552-003
Western Digital PCB 2060-701577-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701590-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-701335-003
Western Digital PCB 2060-701335-005
Western Digital PCB 2060-701310-003
Western Digital PCB 2060-001293-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-001252-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-701537-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-701537-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-001293-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701335-002

Western Digital Hard Drives PCB(IDE)

Western Digital PCB 2060-701596-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-001113-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-001092-007
Western Digital PCB 2060-001092-006
Western Digital PCB 2060-001127-003
Western Digital PCB 2060-001076-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-001062-004
Western Digital PCB 2060-001047-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-001100-003
Western Digital PCB 2060-701494-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701552-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-001068-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-001092-006
Western Digital PCB 2060-001113-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-001129-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-001179-003
Western Digital PCB 2060-701265-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701292-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-701292-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701292-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-001130-012
Western Digital PCB 2060-701508-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-701494-002
Western Digital PCB 2060-001130-010
Western Digital PCB 2060-001128-005
Western Digital PCB 2060-001266-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-001266-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-001265-001
Western Digital PCB 2060-001189-003
Western Digital PCB 2060-001177-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-001175-000
Western Digital PCB 2060-001173-004
Western Digital PCB 2060-001159-006
Western Digital PCB 2060-001292-000

Note: These are just PCB (Printed Circuit Boards), not the whole HDD (Hard Disk Drive). More other pcb(Seagate, Maxtor, Samsung, Hitachi) swap guide please refer to this post: hard Drive PCB Swap

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Hard Drive Technology

Hard disk storage manufacturers have been always working to improve the technology. Storage space, data transfer rates, and internal error checking have been the guiding principles of hard drive technology. Data Recovery companies work hard to maintain their capabilities to be compatible with these emerging technologies so that they can provide the best hard drive recovery for their client’s data. What are some of the advancements in hard disk storage devices? What are some common data loss scenarios with hard disk storage? This document will help answer these questions and more. Let’s begin with looking at the inner workings of the hard disk itself.

Hard Drives — Technology in Action

Types of common failures include:

As we know, hard drives are a combination of sophisticated electronic and mechanical systems that incorporate a number of specialized motors and electro-mechanical components to read and write data.

Hard drive technology has substantially advanced in the past 10 years. In fact, hard drives are designed to manage themselves in addition to reading and writing data. Hard drives today use a number of algorithms to verify data on the drive and also maintains a ‘Defect Management’ list internally that constantly monitors their own health and performance. If a sector is beginning to fail, the hard drive’s electronics will remove that sector from use. In addition to this, S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) circuitry has been incorporated on many hard drives and is used to monitor all of the internal systems.

Despite these safeguards, hard drives can fail. There can be a number of reasons for hard drive failure, for instance physical damage can result when the hard drive or case is jarred while operating or even when powered off. Power spikes or fluctuations can damage the electronics or corrupt the data on the drive. Internal mechanical parts can seize up due to high temperatures if the drive does not have enough airflow to keep the unit cool.

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