HDD Printed circuit board (PCB) with board number BF41-00109A is usually used on these Samsung hard disk drives:
- SP0842N, SP0842N, FW BH100-35, P/V FS, Samsung 80GB IDE 3.5 Hard Drive;
- SP0842N, SP0842N, FW BH100-45, P/V FS, Samsung 80GB IDE 3.5 Hard Drive
The BF41-00109A Samsung PCB repair process can usually be divided into 2 steps: find a replacement PCB and firmware transfer.
BF41-00109A Samsung PCB: Board Number
Finding a donor Samsung PCB board is easy, you just need to open the hard drive and find the board number like “BF41-*** on the board. The following picture shows the board number of BF41-00109A Samsung PCB.
BF41-00109A Samsung 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 BF41-00109A Samsung 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
BF41-00109A Samsung PCB: Repair Video
The following video from YOUTUBE shows the repair process of BF41-00109A Samsung PCB.
BF41-00109A Samsung 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 BF41-00109A on it, good luck!