30 gig iPod video freezes

I've had this iPod since they first came out. What it's doing to my now is while playing a song, it just freezes. It won't play any more, it won't let me go back and forth in my menus, it won't fast forward, and most importantly, it won't let me reset! I have to unplug the charger and wait until the battery dies before plugging it back in and letting it come to life once more only to freeze again in an unknown amount of time. The only thing I can do once it freezes is if I touch the scroll wheel and the screen wasn't lit, the screen lights up and remains lit until the iPod battery dies. It does this without any movement at all and I'm using a dock connector plug for audio and charging simultaneously.

Yes, I have. It did not help.
Just thought I would checked because you made no mention of it in the previous post.
How about a reformat of the iPod using *Disk Utility*? This article provides instructions on how to do just that.
http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/erase/index.shtml
B-rock

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