u/LeaIsConfused

Surface is getting very hot very quickly and I have no idea why.

Surface is getting very hot very quickly and I have no idea why.

This has been a problem for a couple of weeks now and I don't know why... while it's not giving overheating errors or anything like that, I use it for drawing a lot, and the touchscreen becomes unbearable to use very quickly, usually within a half hour. There are also times when I'm using it normally (scrolling the internet, discord, spotify, etc.) and happen to touch the screen and it's very hot to the touch. Possibly unrelated, but I've also noticed it restarting much more frequently; where I previously noticed that I could close my surface and open it again the next day to have my apps still open where I'd left off, lately I feel like it's been closing everything more often. (Lots of my art program opening restored files, lots of "Chrome didn't shut down correctly," all that good stuff.)

My initial thought was that I have some background processes that are overloading my computer, however nothing is particularly new save for the Adobe Creative Cloud, which I recently installed for school. I can't delete it, but did stop it from starting upon turning my computer on just in case. When looking at my task manager, my memory seems very high (85% - 90%), but I don't know if that would cause overheating, or if that's even considered high. Beyond that, I don't know why it would even be high, considering I'm not doing anything I don't do normally.

I am not well versed in computers, and I recognize that I might be missing something altogether. I've attached a screenshot of my task manager just in case someone has insight that I don't.

Thank you for your help!

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u/LeaIsConfused — 10 hours ago