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I just seem to be having bad luck with lasers as a whole. I ordered some stuff from AixiZ and they forgot to send some of the parts, but it was quickly cleared up. Still it set me back a couple days. Then the hole in the 3.8mm copper diode mount is undersized and bent my diode. Also the male threads on it are jamming in the tailpiece thingy. It seems like they are slightly oversized. After getting the diode pressed in there I come to find out something is wrong with it and it's terribly weak. That's possibly the reason the DVD drive was bad to begin with. I should've tested it before removing it from the mount in the first place. I'm getting what looks like <5mW @ 300mA. Luckily I had just pulled some 5.6mm diodes from a couple 5.25" drives and had an appropriate host ready and waiting. So all is not lost and I'm a firin ma lazar.
Anyway, learn from my mistakes.
Anyway, learn from my mistakes.