Hitachi PCB 0J11389 Failure

PCB failures (Such as Hitachi PCB 0J11389) 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 0J11389 failures are listed below, along with tips for replacing & repairing.

Hitachi PCB 0J11389 Failures:

Q: Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 always different sounds – diagnosis?

Hello, i’ve this Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 which isn’t detect anymore since a power surge PCB seems to be ok, i don’t see any burned component and any shorted diode with multimiter check PCB 110 0A90302 01 MCU 0J11389 Motor Chip 0A73080 Drive spins, sometimes does 5 clicking sounds cand spins down, sometimes 1 clicking and spins down and sometimes 4 clicking with NO SPIN DOWN When heads do clicking sounds is because motor loses rotation speed half second before!! Can you

Replacement Hitachi PCB 0J11389:

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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• Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 PCB Board 0J11389
• Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 PCB Board 0J11389
• Hitachi HUA723030ALA641 PCB Board 0J11389