jupiter8
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I just successfully removed my first laser diodes from a DVD burner I procured. It's an HP GWA-4166B Double Layer 16x DVD±RW IDE Drive w/LightScribe. There were 2 LDs on the sled, as I expected. I guessed correctly which one was the DVD/red side of things and extracted that, carefully soldered wires onto the pins and tested it by carefully touching the output side of my 6v driver circuit for my red laser module. It came on and shined red, but hardly what I'd call blinding. I'm a bit disappointed, I expected more! Am I driving this diode with the wrong voltage or current perhaps? I wanted to build myself a nice little module with this diode and a custom driver... :cryyy: