My First Blu Ray Laser Wont Work!

[C-VAK777]

so i just put together my first blu ray laser and it doesn't work.. i know for a fact that my 115 mA driver works but i'm not too sure about my diode (PHR-803t). I was extremely careful when i extracted the diode so i don't know what is wrong... can anybody help me out??

I took the driver back off the diode to test and try a couple different things, but does it need to be soldered onto the diode to work or will it work by just touching the pins to the diode??

I would appreciate any help,

THANKS!!

 

[erdabyz]

IF you power your driver and then connect the diode, it blows.
YOU MUST have soldered the diode before powering anithing because if the diode disconnects and reconnects 1 ms later, it will receive a big amount f energy from the capacitor, LED'ing the laser diode in the best case, blowing it in the worst

 

[chipdouglas]

go back and read your other post. You have multiple answers there