30GB iPod Video battery Issue?

I have noticed a problem with my 30GB iPod Video recently. I've had it for about 1 and a half years now with no problems until now.
I think the battery may be on its last legs as it seems to discharge a lot sooner than it used to (i.e. fully charged Monday, by Wednesday its displaying "very low bat warning" upon sync - and that's with hardly any use!). Even on the Apple Support site (here:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60970) there's a page stating that it should take up to 2 weeks to discharge! This has happened the last 3 times i've synced and charged it!
Is this a sign that the battery is on its way to battery heaven (or ****)?

The symptoms do match a bad battery. Also, from what I've seen on the forum, a year-and-a-half is about normal (obviously depending on usage).

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My 60GB iPod video has an issue where as soon as I remove it from its charger (plugged into an outlet), it says it does not have enough power to keep running and it shuts down. It gives off a very faint smell like something was burning from the inside, but I wouldn't have noticed it if it I hadn't lifted it up and looked at it very closely. I've been charging it for about four days now, and occasionally I would pull it out to see if it was still having the same issue. Sure enough it was, and strangely, when I plugged it back in, all of the settings would be reset (namely the time would refer back to 12:00AM). All of my files are still there, but when I plugged it into the computer, it would give the little loading circle and say "Please wait. Very low batter." The computer reads the device but not even as a hard drive (which I set it too).
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*Note: I haven't had the iPod for a while. It was a gift from a friend and it seems like it was pretty used to begin with. I'd give it about two to three years since it was bought. The warranty is WAY over by the way

Yeah, an iPod is basically a small computer, with a locked down OS. If you want, my company www.dr-pod.com can replace this for you quite cheaply.
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Hey, I have a 5th generation 30Gb Ipod video. I recently went out and bought a new 2.0 USB port for a PCI slot for my Ipod since I only had a 1.1 before that.
Well my problem is, I had it plugged in last night and it had the do not disconnect screen on the ipod for about an hour, so I pulled it out without ejecting it, and later on it said that windows said that the device was not able to be identified and was malfunction try unplugging it and plugging it back in, I did that and it still would work, so I restarted my PC and got it to work, then about a hour later I was uploading some photos and it gave me the same message, so I just turned off my PC and went to bed as it was getting late.
This morning when I woke up I thought maybe it was just the port so I unplugged and plugged it back into a different 2.0 port since I got 4 with that card I bought, I then left for school and came back to find that my Ipod is working like nothing happened since I changed it's port.
I just want to know if I should pull out that warrenty card and get a new one or if that message was just because the one port could recognize something was there, but not able to tell what device it is.
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Greetings,
I've owned my iPod for about a week now, but it seems to have a little bit of an issue with nForce 2 based ASUS A7N8X-X motherboards, specifically in regards to the fact that if the iPod is connected to the PC during boot, the motherboard will not complete its POST and the boot is aborted. Where the POST aborts isn't consistent, but the majority of the time, it will abort on or before the CPU diagnostic. If I disconnect the iPod and then reset the system, the motherboard completes its POST as it normally would.
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Let me start off by saying that I'm not happy with Apple at the moment. My iPod mini just died on me after only 1 year of useage and Apple refused to help me out in any way because the warranty was 2 WEEKS past due. As a customer and lifelong advocate of the Apple brand, this really angers me. Especially since all in all I've spent over $15,000 on apple products.
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I just want some opinions on the new 30GB iPod video from people who actually own one. Both good and bad. Let me hear it all. I couldn't bear plunking down over $400 for another player that's just going to quit on me in 1 year.
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I've only had mine for a month, but it's still working perfectly.
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Plus, while it's nice that you can download TV shows, like The Office, through iTunes, just watching a few of them will drain the battery significantly. Kind of lame that the new video feature is so weak in this regard. Though I bought it mostly for music, so it's not that big of a deal to me.
Secondly, I find it unbelieveable that the thing doesn't come with a AC charger that you can plug into a wall socket. Yeah, it'll charge through your computers USB port, but if you want the ability to charge it through a standard outlet you have to buy the charger seperately for $25. Pretty lame if you ask me.

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Could someone please help me, or tell me if this is 'normal'?
I bought a 30bg iPod Video about 10 days ago. I installed the software on my computer...reset the iPod when I first plugged it in. Loaded up about 750 songs and about 35 pics.
The thing is, EVERYTIME I go running (basically every time I use it) it freezes. The play icon is still on the screen, but the song is not playing. Sometimes it happens in the middle of the song, sometimes before the song starts. (By the way, I always have the iPod on shuffle...does this make a difference?)
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So if you're using a playlist with any videos on it, that's really bad (cause videos eat up a lot of the RAm buffer).
But if you have long songs that can aggravate the situation too.
Best option is to get a nano or a shuffle if you want to run. If you want to try staying with the video and run, position it somewhere that minimizes motion (a fanny back or belt clip may help) or higher up on the arm for an armband.
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