Red diode?

[gloryofblaze]

Hi i was looking for stuff,found these any good?

Lot of (9) UJDA730 DVD-ROM CD-R/RW Combo Burner Drives - eBay (item 260594427959 end time May-06-10 13:09:48 PDT)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260597842405 these too?

 

[Gryphon]

The first link has junk drives, 780nm CD laser diodes

The second link is DVD-RW drives which will give you a red diode, but they appear to be laptop drives which could give you the smaller 3.6mm diode.

I wouldn't buy either

 

[Greenmechanic]

Why pay this much when you can get the LOC diodes, (the only part you want out of these drives, if that is the diode in the second ones), for $10 each.
PM Glenn (scopeguy20) and he can help you out with either LOC or LCC diodes.
I'd recommend, for someone with little experience, the LCC's, as they are a little less "picky" as far as harvesting and connecting,