4th Gen Classic in Restart Loop

Greetings,
I have a 4th generation classic, 60gb iPod stuck in a continuous restart loop.
I've been able to put it into disk mode and it is recognizable by iTunes where I did a restore to it after which it went back into a restart loop again. I then put it back into disk mode and erased said iPod with Disk Repair and did a zero out on the drive. Restored again via iTunes and, after resetting, has refused to come out of its restart loop.
I can load music onto it and everything but use it as an actual iPod.
Is this the logic board needing a replace or is there something else I can do?

A. I've done a restore 3 times and it still does the restart loop as well as after a full wipe via Disc Repair. Aka, then it must not be a software problem
B. I can ONLY get it recognized on my computer in disk mode. Aka I can not use it as an ipod to play music as it refuses to load up out side of disk mode. It falls right into the restart loop after a soft reset.
Fortunately, I've been able to get all of my music files backed up from the disk mode.

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