DX 200 diode DIED!

[potatorage]

As soon as I got my KD 50, my DX200 died!
The diode looks like an LED.
What bullshit!

 

[Ace82]

WHAT? That sucks! How is that possible? Refund!

 

[potatorage]

I thought these pieces of sh*t had some regulation.... guess not

 

[potatorage]

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[Ace82]

Sometimes a diode isn't born right? And those lasers do have regulation form what I've learned.

 

[chido]

How long have you had it for?

 

[potatorage]

I've had it for 2days max

 

[Benm]

It'd send it back, looks like the diode suffered COD and needs to be replaced.

There is regulation in these pointers, as long as you run it off batteries that should be okay. It does drive the diode pretty hard though (300 mA for what i guess is a 16x dvd burner ld).

 

[potatorage]

COD>?

 

[Kenom]

catastrophic optical damage = cod

 

[potatorage]

definition please?

 

[chido]

It didn't take me more than 5 seconds to look this up on google.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catastrophic_optical_damage

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

Time to install an OC diode ;D

Mike

 

[GooeyGus]

Did you try different batteries? I thought mine had died because one minute it was fine, next minute I turned it on and it was almost an LED. less than 5mW. I changed the batteries and all was well again.

 

[potatorage]

Yeah, I tried batteries. I'm sending it back to DX monday.

 

[Glaserfan]

I like the Open Can Diode idea myself