I remember this in the ~2000 era. This was still a time when most viruses were fun or destructive. I assumed this one was a 'fun' one.
Never until I read this did I realise my fan or PSU was on the way out.
Did playback cause the OS to freeze? It seems like it must because the BIOS would have to get back control of the CPU to do this and this would before Intel management engine.