# Laser degradation and solving this problem

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/laser-degradation-and-solving-this-problem/31784>\
**Category:** Form 2\
**Created:** [August 21, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/laser-degradation-and-solving-this-problem/31784 "2021-08-21T22:20:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/laser-degradation-and-solving-this-problem/31784/11 "2022-03-08T21:32:43Z")

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> [@Form 2 Aftermarket Laser Replacement FOUND!](http://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-2-aftermarket-laser-replacement-found/33382):
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> I had my Original Form 2 Laser go bad, and now that my machine is out of warranty the only option to replace a $60 laser diode was to shell out over $1000 to swap my machine out with a refurbished printer or trade it in for 500 to a new form 3. Obviously this was so maddening I resorted to tearing down the whole machine to try to fix it. Ended up cleaning every single optical surface countless times, with progressing levels of clean-room cleanliness. Defeated to know that laser was actually bad,…

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