Diagnostic question from a semi-techie...

OK, so, without getting too technical, how does one go about diagnosing which component of their iPod is failing? I have a 30G third generation iPod that has been mildly problematic over the years, needing an occasional restore done. Lately though, I have had the feeling it might be something more... Anytime I would select a song (for example, in a playlist), it would act like it was freezing, then start playing the next song on the list. If I hit the "back" button, it would play the song I had originally requested. The other thing that started happening was that it would freeze when I plugged it into my mac. The "do not disconnect" indicator would come on and stay there, not flashing. The iPod would not show up in either iTunes or the Finder. I managed to get it to mount once with a USB plug instead of the firewire, and I restored and updated the drivers. When unmounted, the iPod would act correctly, but I no longer had any music on it. Any time I plugged it into a mac (I tried 4) it would boot up, and then go into the disk check routine, which would always come back with an "OK" check. There was no way to exit that scrceen, so I would reset the iPod, and it would run the whole routine again. I figured it might be the firewire port, so I took it apart, to make sure all the connections were seated properly and were clear or any gunk. With the hard drive removed, I booted the iPod, and eventually I got the missing system folder icon, which suggested to me that at least the logic board was probably OK. With everything plugged back in, I booted again, but now, I get no further than the apple icon, which just stays on indefinitely. I can hear the drive turning, but it's not doing anything. Using System Profile, I checked to see if my mac was even seeing the iPod, but it just says "device unrecognized" and it's not even seeing it as a hard drive anymore...
So, any ideas out there? Hard drive? Logic board? Firewire port? How can I test these things so I know what to replace? Thanks.

Hello Sven,
I doubt that this will do all that you want but if it's of any help, this link explains putting the iPod into diagnostic mode: iPod Diagnostic Mode

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For name of the division_
Then a link called My reports. And Your report
Prefereably sorted
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· Your report
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FROM
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TO
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I am a real beginner.
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quote:
HOW DO YOU MAKE A PAGE THAT WILL CONTAIN
The link of this MyReport.
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what you are asking
quote:
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FROM
Z:\ToExport\RepDocs\MyReport
Pointing to it
http://myserver/Myreport/
TO
Z:\NewExport\repmining\myreport
Then point to it
http://myserver/ repmining\myreport
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folder in (from what it looks like) Z:\ToExport\RepDocs\ that is
the new folwer name, ex:
Z:\ToExport\RepDocs\NEW_folder and put files into it. If you
are now directly connected to the server, use a program like FTP
server to connect via FTP and do the same.
quote:
WHY IS THE REPDOCS NOT TYPED IN THE BROWSER WHEN VIEWING THE
MYREPORT.( i dont have to type (repdocs)to view the report?)
in other words:
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Is typed
http://myserver/Myreport/
this is simply because
http://myserver/Myreport/ is
set to point at the folder Z:\ToExport\RepDocs\MyReport therefore
it looks like
http://myserver is set to the folder
Z:\ToExport\RepDocs\ anything you add into a folder after that will
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