It was a proper PCB or board but it's not just plug and play, it doesn't have any components that should be on it, no resistors or anything, it's a blank board . During testing it also seemed to kill my controller which was working but not now. It no longer charges or connects to anything. All in all a crappy replacement part, don't buy if you can't micro-solder and don't know how to attach the correct components and connect a ribbon cable.