@jleidhold ,James, First check the charger/adapter and see if it has cooling vents that you may be able to clean/blow out dust or vacuum and then with the charger sitting on hard surface or slightly raised to help in cooling try adapter again. You could also take the laptop apart and inspect and clean it of dust, etc. and inspect components for being loose or burnt(1st link) tells how to disassemble) If still getting very hot, consider replacing charger as faulty, 2nd link below is replacement charger if needed which you can also do a search for better pricing perhaps. Good luck. I hope this helped you out, if so let me know by pressing the helpful button.

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-t...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AC-Power-Adapter...