[wplug] laptop fan humming?

[Vance Kochenderfer]

You should also check in your BIOS to see if there is a setting
for "CPU overheating protection" or something similar, and
enable it.  This will cause your system to power down if the CPU
temperature gets too high.  It suddenly cuts power, which isn't
very graceful, but it's better than a cooked processor.

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