Maxtor PCB 040121300 Failure

PCB failures (Such as Maxtor PCB 040121300) 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.

Some emails from customers of Maxtor PCB 040121300 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

Maxtor PCB 040121300 Failures:

Q: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB 6B200M0 PCB Change

problem, I need to get my data back, so I have to change the PCB I got another Maxtor DiamondMax 10 but with a different model number, the 6L200M0 The main controller for both cards is an Oscar E5-D4 but the end is different (040118900 and 040121300) There is another different too, on one it’s written “SABRE/SATA/RC2” and on the working one “SABRE/SATA/ROHS” Do you think the PCB of the working hard drive could work on mine or there is no chance for that ? Thanks

Q: Replacement control board for Maxtor 6L250S0

Board on it in an effort to recover some 200gigs of Data on the driver The only identifying marks on my drive i can are as follows DiamondMax10 6L250S0 250GB SATA150 Code BANC1G10 and on the Control Board 302006101 SABRE/SATA/ROHS OSCAR E5-D4 040121300 / L-OSCAR-E5D4 0521T I have found a donor board on e-bay with the following details Controller logic board only Tested and working on Maxtor DiamondMax 10 drive 6L250S0 Board part # is U2GLA IC # is OSCAR F7-D4 / 040125400 As such, i

Replacement Maxtor PCB 040121300:

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:

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