Wanna make a burning laser

Hi all.
I just want to make a laser from my DVD harddisk, ASUS DVD-E616P3. I dunno whether the laser inside it can be used as a burning one...
A laser (diode?) was taken apart from the hdd and the code tagged around the head of it was " SD134LD8A". I wonder what it stands for. Is there a diode inside? Would anyone answer me?
And also, it has 4 roots below for electronic connection. But i dunno which one is positive and which is neg.
Plus, how to make it burning? I mean what voltage should i use to power it?
THANKS.

tigerdog said:

Hi all.
I just want to make a laser from my DVD harddisk

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Wait, what ? .....


Ok, seriously ..... i'm sorry to say you that the E616P3 is just a dvd READER ..... the LD inside may be like 40 or 50 mW maximum (probably similar to the one in the PHR, seeing the pins) ,,,,, no power enough for burning.

so what can i do...?
what LD will have an adequate power?

You should try a search on here for this information. It is stickied all over the forum.
Have you read the basic FAQ's under the rules forum yet?

HMike

a burner diode is about 10$. Buy one and forget about your DVD unit