PCB failures (Such as Hitachi PCB 0A26798) 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 Hitachi PCB 0A26798 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.
Hitachi PCB 0A26798 Failures:
Q: Hitachi 2.5″ HDD #13G1583-other HDD part #s in body of post
Hello, I have a Hitachi HDD, #13G1583, MLC# DL1175, serial XGGLNE1M, board part number 0A26798 Da1188A Xzz609 54VZ Basically, I removed this from a notebook in order to do a backup (oh, the irony, as you’ll see) It was working fine just before this It was getting pretty full and I needed to clone it to a larger HDD For some reason immediately after this, I could not get it to read in the desktop where I do cloning,
Replacement Hitachi PCB 0A26798:
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