80g classic disk still spins after shutdown

I have the battery drain symptoms on my 80g classic that are mentioned here a couple of times (from a full charge to nothing in a few hours when switched off). Tonight after having to charge again before I could sync, I was playing some music and then held down play/pause to shut down. It did shut down - apparently anyway. For some reason I then put the back of the Ipod to my ear (having removed the ear phone first of course :-)) and was surprised to hear the disk still whirring away. Left it for a minute or so and it was still whirring away so decided to turn it on and off again. But it would not turn on - no change to disk, still spinning away! So did the reset procedure and it came alive eventually and the disk had now stopped. Tried a few times to recreate it without success.
Now the battery drain only happens sometimes and I am guessing it is caused when the disk gets stuck spinning even though I have turned it off. Sooooooo, has anyone else noticed this? I am on 1.0.2 btw. Do I have a defective Ipod or is there something in the firmware that is causing this to happen apparently at random?

Hello everybody,
I've got the same problem. (hd spinning, battery draining). But it only occurs when I select a song using the coverflow menu.
Everytime I want to open a menu or play a song I can hear the hd spinning but as soon as the iPod has gathered all the info it needs the hd will stop spinning, even when I am playing a song. Just before the hd stops spinning I can hear a clicking sound +(put your ear against your iPod)+
I've noticed when I select a song using the 'playlist' or 'album' menu the hd will start spinning and after a few seconds I hear a little click and then the hd stops. Or when I press&hold the play button the iPod shuts down and the hd stops spinning.
But when I select a song using the coverflow menu the hd starts spinnig and just like always I can hear the same little click but this time the hd will not stop. When I press&hold the play button the iPod will shut down but the hd keeps spinning. The only way the stop the hd is to go back to the coverflow menu or any other menu using the menu button. Then I can shut the iPod down by press&hold the play button.
I've been listeng to my music using the album menu for a couple of days now and the stamina of the battery is just like it should be.
So I think the battery draining is caused by the hd that keeps spinnig while listening to music or after shutdown.
And the not stopping of the hd spinning (with my iPod anyway) is caused by the coverflow menu or everytime I select a song using the coverflow menu.
beware coverflowbugs do excist and they feed on the energy of fully charged iPods
iPod classic 80gb - v 1.0.2
grtz
Olli

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