Posts Tagged 'Printed Circuit Board'

7 Symptoms of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Failure on Hard Drive

Printed circuit board (PCB) plays a great role in hard drive’s working. If it becomes damaged, various issues can occur. Now, this post will expose the 7 most common symptoms of printed circuit board failure on a hard drive. Printed circuit board (PCB) is a control board which is located on the back of the hard drive. It controls the electricity flow passing through the hard drive. More specially, when a hard drive is working, electricity flow will go through the board and then get into the...

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What to Do If a Hard Drive Starts Smoking?

If a hard drive starts smoking, making grinding noises and emitting a burning odor, generally, the culprit is the damaged printed control board (PCB). Now, in this case, what can you do? This article will guide you to deal with this situation correctly. As we all know, it is always suggested to take good care of a hard drive in that it’s quite vulnerable due to its sensitive and moving components. Plus, due to the fact that data is stored in the drive platters, once the hard drive fails, all...

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