I finished my diy bluray (from ps3 sled) not so long ago, and i had some problems while making it : soldered 3 times to the pins, broke the ground pin, now using aixiz case for the ground and it works but i first tried to solder directly to the diode and it took quite a lot of heat i was pretty sure it wouldn't work at all but it still works ! I'm feeding it 38ma and it looks way dimmer than i thought even on white fluorescent surfaces (dimmer than a 5mw red 650nm) and i also noticed some artifacts including a yellow rectangle (pic below), I read somewhere that diodes with yellow rectangles were brighter with more power and i was wondering if i should try pushing more power to the diode or just let it be if it won't change a thing... Any advice ? :\
pic attached is what i see...
pic attached is what i see...