Ipod keeps restarting/ wont show up in itunes or my computer...

Recently my ipod has been freezing after listening to it for about 20-30 minutes, i would reset it and it would remain frozen after the reboot until the battery died. Now it wont even take a charge, it keeps showing the apple symbol then the unhappy ipod face over and over until i disconnect it from the charge source. I took it to the apple store nearby and they gave me directions to reset my ipod, the problem is that my computer as well as itunes doesn't even recognize that my ipod is even hooked into the usb port. Any help or suggestions??
Thank you
ipod 4th gen with click wheel   Windows XP  

I am having the same problem with my ipod. I managed to get the ipod into disk mode and then managed to get windows to recognize it and restore it, but after the restore process completed it just went back to doing the exact same thing again so I dont think that works. I am still trying to figure things out and I really dont want to pay over $300 to send it to apple for repairs when I can get a brand new 20GB mp3 player for the same price. I would like to hear any suggestions too.

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