One of our 4 yr old Able 2.5w RGB systems has a 500mw red diode that was slow to come on for a while and then gradually just quit showing up. Opened the unit up and was hoping for a bad connection. Sprayed and reseated everything I could get to, including the brightness trim pot on the back but no luck.
Wondering is it the diode, or a component on the card? The coax 5v connector going to the card shows a good 5v, but my electronics knowledge here is just at the "monkey see, monkey do" level. More familiar with the old gas ion Spectra's and Coherents.
In a perfect world it would be possible to just get another 500 mw or even 1w red diode with the same exit beam height and just swap it out and plug in the Dsub connector. Don't want to go too bright 'cause it might start stepping on the 360 video in the dome.
Have attached a shot of the diodes.
Thanks in advance for anyone's hints on this.
Craig