3rd gen iPod stuck in disk mode

Just realised I'd posted this in the wrong forum:
Hi,
I've got a massive problem with my trusty old 3rd generation iPod and I'm hoping someone can help me out. This may just be a sign I should get with the times and get something a bit more up-to-date, but this iPod has served me well over the years and I'd like to see if I can fix it first.
Basically, the iPod is well and truly stuck in disk mode. I've tried over and over again to reset in various different ways. It's nothing to do with me having to connect it to my computer via USB, either, since I've tried it with my sister's computer via FireWire and it's still not happy.
I don't get a sad iPod picture or anything - it's just when I turn it on I get a picture of a folder with a hazard sign over it, and can't get rid of it.
iTunes 9 isn't the problem, since it got stuck in Disk Mode before I upgraded.
Does anyone have any suggestions for what I can do? Like I said, I've tried over and over to reset it, so please don't just suggest that.

Sounds like you covered most of the basics and it would seem that it is indeed your iPod's controller that is the problem. Not sure what else we can add to what you have already tried, which is above and beyond what most people are capable of doing.
When you plug it into the computer does it actually show up as an external hard drive and can you use it as one?
Sorry,
Patrick

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