A cousin dropped off a box for me to get working. It was so packed with pet hair all the heatsinks and fans were useless. I jammed the fans with Q-tips to keep them from over-revving and took the box outside and hit it with the leaf blower. Then I had to remove the cover on the PS and fish out the carpet of pet hair by hand. My eyes are puffed up and I couldn't breathe right for a day. Short of a commercial enclosure is there a low-tech solution? I though of buying some 6-X pantyhose to enclose a box.
I'm amazed that the computer protected itself from overheating by shutting down, they didn't used to do that as well. With everything cleaned out, they work like new! I also told him that any laptops in the house would be just as bad.