Just spotted this on eblay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RED-400mw-lase...QQcmdZViewItem
this looks exactly like the diodes Ive been pulling from lite-on and optiarc dvd burners and he is saying he has put 700mA through it! I have gingerley squeezed mine to 310mA and have always said that I fancied testing one to detrction but never got the nerve - though I have tested some to destruction unwittingly
Ok he suggests to cool it with a tec - but does not say its needed - but 400mW and 700mA! I just find this too much to beleive. Unless it will work but have a lifetime of minutes.
Rob