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Murder fund - LG Electronics WH16NS40 16X Blu-Ray BDR / BDXL Burner
This started as a "should we murder a BDR-209DBK fund?" thread.
Then turned into a "yes, but DTR has been kind enough to take on that task himself" thread.
And now its a "lets murder an LG WH16NS40 16X" thread
We've seen a couple of the new generation 16x BDR drives ripped open for diode extractions and subsequent testing, but so far, there haven't been any remarkable diodes found. However, patterns are only patterns, until they're broken
While there have been murder fund / giveaway combos in the past for some other diodes, I don't think that's an appropriate approach for a 405, because they have a tendency to actually die, without warning. IE, this diode will experience the true death.
I haven't seen an attempt on the forum to test the diode in this drive yet, and it's a a fairly new 2013 drive. I've tossed the first $10 in to get this going. Because I'm impatient, I already ordered the drive (but am happy to keep it as a BR drive, or just sell it, if the murder fund doesn't go forward for any reason). You can donate whatever you want, every donation will get credit on our list. Please mention donations in the thread, so that I can get you on the list.
PROGRESS: FUNDED!
$110 / $110
DONATIONS LIST:
1: rhd - $10
2: thejoker301 - $20
3: anonymous - $50
4: Wannaburnstuff - $10
5: From the forum (520 GB) - $20
THE EXTRACTION:
Note, I won't be able to test until at least this weekend. Slight spoiler (and this could either be good or bad) it's clearly not the same diode DTR found. It's a 5.6mm diode.
TESTING:
Using the O-Like version of the G2 lenses - so factor in the that lens is not identical to what DTR tested his 16x with.
As you'll see in the next photo, the diode has CLEARLY peaked. My camera happened to catch the power at exactly the same level (which is eerie), but in realtime, the power output on this current increase went up slightly, but then drifted down (and of course, I'm talking about timespans of just a couple seconds).
Unfortunately, the minute my finger touches the dial to pull down the current......
.....LED!
CONCLUSIONS:
I think this is basically the same as a diode we'd see from a 12x. Same form factor, similar characteristic "sudden death" (as opposed to DTR's which could be pulled back from the brink), roughly the same PIV curve (at least it seems that way, though I haven't graphed it to compare).
This started as a "should we murder a BDR-209DBK fund?" thread.
Then turned into a "yes, but DTR has been kind enough to take on that task himself" thread.
And now its a "lets murder an LG WH16NS40 16X" thread
We've seen a couple of the new generation 16x BDR drives ripped open for diode extractions and subsequent testing, but so far, there haven't been any remarkable diodes found. However, patterns are only patterns, until they're broken
While there have been murder fund / giveaway combos in the past for some other diodes, I don't think that's an appropriate approach for a 405, because they have a tendency to actually die, without warning. IE, this diode will experience the true death.
I haven't seen an attempt on the forum to test the diode in this drive yet, and it's a a fairly new 2013 drive. I've tossed the first $10 in to get this going. Because I'm impatient, I already ordered the drive (but am happy to keep it as a BR drive, or just sell it, if the murder fund doesn't go forward for any reason). You can donate whatever you want, every donation will get credit on our list. Please mention donations in the thread, so that I can get you on the list.
PROGRESS: FUNDED!
$110 / $110
DONATIONS LIST:
1: rhd - $10
2: thejoker301 - $20
3: anonymous - $50
4: Wannaburnstuff - $10
5: From the forum (520 GB) - $20
THE EXTRACTION:
Note, I won't be able to test until at least this weekend. Slight spoiler (and this could either be good or bad) it's clearly not the same diode DTR found. It's a 5.6mm diode.
TESTING:
Using the O-Like version of the G2 lenses - so factor in the that lens is not identical to what DTR tested his 16x with.
As you'll see in the next photo, the diode has CLEARLY peaked. My camera happened to catch the power at exactly the same level (which is eerie), but in realtime, the power output on this current increase went up slightly, but then drifted down (and of course, I'm talking about timespans of just a couple seconds).
Unfortunately, the minute my finger touches the dial to pull down the current......
.....LED!
CONCLUSIONS:
I think this is basically the same as a diode we'd see from a 12x. Same form factor, similar characteristic "sudden death" (as opposed to DTR's which could be pulled back from the brink), roughly the same PIV curve (at least it seems that way, though I haven't graphed it to compare).
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