HDD Printed circuit board (PCB) with board number S40097 is usually used on these Toshiba hard disk drives:
The S40097 Toshiba PCB repair process can usually be divided into 2 steps: find a replacement PCB and firmware transfer.
S40097 Toshiba PCB: Board Number
Finding a donor Toshiba PCB board is easy, you just need to open the hard drive and find the board number like “G00***” on the board. The following picture shows the board number of S40097 Toshiba PCB.
S40097 Toshiba PCB: BIOS Chip
The BIOS chip on the PCB board is very easy to find. The 8pins chip is the BIOS chip. If the chip is not found on the board, you need to exchange the main chip (the largest chip). The following picture shows the BIOS chip of S40097 Toshiba PCB.
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BIOS chip holds unique data (firmware) required to access the hard drive system area. If PCB firmware is missing or incorrect, there is no access to the hard drive, and no access to user data, so the process of BIOS chip repalcement is also called firmware transfer.
PCB Board firmware transfer tool: hot-air gun, tweezers, screwdrivers
S40097 Toshiba PCB: Repair Video
The following video from YOUTUBE shows the repair process of S40097 Toshiba PCB.
S40097 Toshiba PCB: PCB Supplier
HDDZone.com is a trusted hard drive pcb provider, you can find all kinds of hard drive pcb for data recovery need. You can search with the board number S40097 on it, good luck!