MacBook Pro Retina - Keyboard and Touchpad Unresponsive While Charging

Hi all,
I am having some trouble with my early 2014 15" Retina MacBook Pro.
Sometimes when attempting to charge my laptop, if I have been out and about, I can only have the charger plugged in for 30 seconds maximum upon booting up the machine, before the touchpad and keyboard become unresponsive.
The fans normally whirl loudly and then I lose both the touchpad and keyboard, to the extent that my MacBook attempts to search for a bluetooth keyboard as it can not detect one connected.
This has only happened twice but its becoming a major annoyance and a big concern on such a high value item.
Has anyone had any experience of this type of behaviour?
Thanks,
Kevin

Try a SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
Ciao.

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