HP G60-117US.
Brother got that for his birthday last year from a girlfriend, and about a month after he got it whenever he plugged it in to charge it started smoking from the spot where you plug it in on the laptop. You could smell it burning also. After that point he gave up and never used it again.
I just found it today after going through some things and a friend of mine has a piece of shit laptop. Since the specs on this aren't too bad (something > nothing), I'd like to try and see what the problem is and fix it.
My concerns are that it happened a month after using it. I'm not sure what happened in that time, but what could cause it to start smoking? Does the thing where it plugs into need to be replaced? i.e. taking apart the laptop, etc.
Halp.