Disclosed herein is a facile process for the formation of conjugated polymers inside or outside assembled solid-state devices. In a preferred embodiment a portion of the beam path comprises a sealed chamber containing a gas comprising a small concentration of oxygen. The secondary operating system is stored in the random access memory and is a functional subset of the primary operating system to allow the use of the primary functionality of the set top box until the hard disk drive is repaired or replaced. The methods include both temporary and permanent occlusion of the arteries.