TI Inside
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Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:35 am Post subject:
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There is a story circulating that the semiconductor chips made by Texas
Instruments contain so many toxic chemicals and are out-gassing fumes that
they can be used to exterminate bugs simply by tossing several TI chips in
back of the refrigerator, back of under-sink cabinets, etc.
In fact, the DLP (Digital Light Processing) chips from Texas Instruments
used in projectors and televisions have a glass window, a 'getter', and a
special atmosphere containing 17 different gases for lubricating the
aluminum mirrors in a special 'hermetically' sealed package. These are very
large packages. The gases leak from the package. HD1, HD2, HD3, 0.7XGA,
0.9SVGA, etc.
"All DLP projectors run hot, and I suspect this heat produced an unusual
amount of outgassing from the Sharp's internal components."
http://ultimateavmag.com/videoprojectors/1003sharp/index1.html
"This outgassing causes contamination on the color wheel."
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=384169
The bugs behind your refrigerator are like the mine canaries of years ago.
When the bugs die, it's time to get the TI chips out of the house.
A 'TI Inside' (Toxic Instruments Inside) warning label should be printed on
everything using TI's DLP chips, e.g. , DLP projector, DLP TV, etc.
Defective DLP chips, the failure rate is very high, should be returned to TI
for proper hazardous waste disposal.
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