Recent content by mateo124

Funny thing is I just got my hands on another Sony drive... and it has this exact heatsink design. The first I extracted was extremely easy to remove, this one not so much. I'm guessing you can't just push it through, can you...?

Does the Aixiz module have some type of heat sink?

Ohh thanks I'm going to have to do that. Do you think I could extract the lens from the burner I used to test this first?

I know, its really bad but its my first

So I finally got my laser to work, I followed this guide (Laser driver - It can be done). But the problem seems to be now that its just a red blotch instead of a precise dot. Its pretty bright, its just not focused. Does this mean I messed up or do I need to use a lens? Recently I had thought...

So I successfully removed my laser from a DVD burner (its a Sony DRU-800A) and I don't know how to get it to work. I tried just leaving the ribbon cable on the diode and sticking a needle through each wire (theres a positive and negative no ground) and connecting it to 2 AA batteries but nothing...