Skipping Problem and Ipod acting Strange

I brought an Ipod Video 30GB in march 2006
Recently it has started having the following problems
*it started freezing up in the middle of playing.
*It has also stopped loading tracks. It'll bring up the screen for the next track, sit there for a couple seconds with the track on 0:00 and then go on to the next track (without playing it either, on and on).
*The drive emits strange whirring sounds like a Hard disk being struck or like a CD drive trying to read a faulty CD but of course on a smaller scale
*sometimes when i try to switch it on it freezes with the apple icon
*it gets struck in the middle of a song and keeps continously replaying the little bit over and over again
I've been restarting it four or five times a day at work, mostly for the freezes. After a restart, it's good for an hour or two, then POW.
I have tried every trick in the book,like updating,resetting,formatting and restoring
I tried taking it to the apple service centre and they claim there is nothing wrong.
Now what am i to do???
Should i sell it off and buy a new one or can this problem be solved??
Ipod Video 30GB   Windows XP  

If you bought the ipod new in march, it should still have its warrenty, so it shouldn't cost anything to fix, just have to pay 29 US dollars for shipping and handeling, soory don't know how much it is in india
Just goto the repair site below and find all the info you need http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/faq/
Sorry, this is the link you need for asia http://www.asia.apple.com/support/ipod/service/

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