Hard Drive PCB Replacement

[warrencarr]

Hello,

So recently my hard drive took a turn for the worse. (My fault) It was evident that the PCB board was fried, so I thought that I would try to replace it.

I order a replacement and the Qnumbers are the same except for one small difference.

The original number is 2060-701537-004 Rev A, the replacement was 060-701537-004 Rev B. I attached the new board, but it did not power up.

Is this due to the slight difference in the board? Or the fact that I didn't swap BIOS chip? Or something else entirely? Thanks for any help.

 

[phis6]

Hello,
The original number is 2060-701537-004 Rev A, the replacement was 060-701537-004 Rev B. I attached the new board, but it did not power up.

Is this due to the slight difference in the board? Or the fact that I didn't swap BIOS chip? Or something else entirely? Thanks for any help.

I don't think that it is a slight difference. Since you replace the board with a completely different board revision.

 

[Atreidin]

I had the same issue a while ago after trying twice to swap PCBs with identical model drives and ended up with three hard drives with the same model number but different PCBs.

It's impossible to say what changed without having knowledge of the board design. If the only thing that changed between hard drives is the PCB I would think it unlikely that anything related to motor control was significantly changed. It could be that something inside the drive is also fried.