Dang, that is lame, Its not really a malfunction. After 1,000 charges the batteries usually die. Mine did. Well, it was basically after about 2 years.

It drove me crazy because I did not know what was wrong with it. I had been taught how to take apart laptops and inspect them, and everything inside was fine. Then I remembered when I got the laptop they told me that the batteries that usually come with the laptop only last about 2 1/2 years. So I got a new battery and Yeay it worked again. I see that you say it is only a year old. It could be because of a lot of use. Many people don't realize that laptop batteries only have a service life of about 2-3 years. But in your case, sometimes less, it all basically depends on how much you use it.

Buying a new battery,
You can either buy one from the Toshiba Company, or shop any of the dozens of online battery stores. In many cases, purchasing one of the online ones from a place other than the manufacture is much more better because of the high costs of manufacture products.

Places like batteries.com, Newegg, and http://www.laptopbattery.net/toshiba/ are good places to start your search.

Sometimes it could be the power cord itself, look and check to see if you see any bends, cuts, which could mess up the power connection.

Sometimes you will need to check the cord over and over again, this happened with my Keyboard Piano cord. My cat had punctured a very small hole that had messed up a few of the wires inside, I tired to repair them myself but was not successful, so I just had to buy a new one. I am glad I looked over and over, because I would have been upset if I bought the battery and it still did not work.

http://z.about.com/d/firstaid/1/0/b/A/-/-/PowerCordBroken_bluishoak.jpg

lol, so the picture may be extreme but you get what I mean.

P.S. Make sure you unplug the cord before you start snooping around on the cord, there is no need to get shocked.
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:zbHLd5mgySNXRM:http://blog.nema.org/blogs/currents/ansi%2520man.JPG

Oh and I would not recommend opening the laptop, like I have done, I had experience.

Also, if you want to, you can take it in for service, to get it checked out. So they can give you reinsurance you on what you should do.

Don't just trust my words lol. Or you can.

Good Luck (^_^)V I really hope this helps!

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