Originally Posted by
palantirrus Hello Ochhanz. thanks for your response! my monitor is HP S240uj and I use the usb-c cable that came with the monitor (i.e. it's supposed to support the charging). I will try to plug other devices an see if they work fine. at the moment I have to use a workaround: although my monitor supports usb-c, I am using usb-c->hdmi converter and plug surface pro 7 to the monitor through hdmi. that feels very weird :)
thanks,
Alex
, hmm looks like a good monitor on first glance. If other devices don't heat up a lot through charging than it could be a firmware problem maybe (try asking/spamming Microsoft with this question :) , there is also an Reddit Surface which probably know more about it).
Maybe someone else can say if this works for certain with the SP 7 but personally I would just use a usb c dock for hdmi or displayport for convenience (extra ports), instead of a usb-c to hdmi dongle. While the SP 7 does not have thunderbolt it does have a relative new usb c version which should prove plenty for most dock functions. Usb c docks can be cheap, just double check if they have everything you require.