Freezing and resetting IPod. Please Help.

I own a 40gb Click Wheel IPod w/ a black and white screen and have recently been having a few major problems with it.
1) The IPod will skip over songs that I select from the "Songs" menu or any other menu.
2) The IPod will also freeze for a lengthy period of time in between songs but not during songs.
3) The IPod will reset on its own with no user intervention.
4) The IPod Battery has a very short life span.
I have read over several help topics and discussions on this site such as the "5 R's", "IPod Updaters", "ITunes Updates", and several other various disscusions in the forum. What I have done so far is:
1) Reset and Restored the IPod numerous times. (I think about twelve to be exact)
2) Downloaded the latest versions of ITunes and IPod Updater and installed them numerous times.
3) Sent the IPod in for service. (which was returned with no supposed problem according to the technicians)
4) Even went as far as restoring my PC thinking that could have been causing the problem.
I am recieving NO SAD IPOD ICON and NO FOLDER ICON. I HAVE however seen the Apple Logo come up at random when the IPod resets itself. My IPod DOES connect to my PC. ITunes DOES recognize it and I have no problem with transfering music.
Any help here would be greatly appreciated but I do request that you do not reply with any of the topics I have already read. (i.e. " The 5 R's", "Software Updates", etc.)
Thank You
Windows XP

For what it is worth, I'm having the same restting problem. A song will play for something less than 3 minutes and then the entire Ipod "reboots": it shuts down, the screen shows the apple icon, and then it loads up. This happens whether in a charging cradle or freestanding. Occassionally it will play 2 or 3 songs before going through the reboot sequence. It is not song specific; I have no issues with itunes on my computer and no issue with the same songs on my newer ipod. Any advice??

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I've got a 140g music library on my PC and I've not been able to sync it to the ipod because of freezing and resetting problems.. until today.
When I first tried to sync my whole music library the ipod crashed as soon as I disconnected it. I had to restore the ipod and soon learned to sync my music in 10gb chunks. Only trouble was the ipod would work fine as long as I only synced 70-80gb of music, which is half the ipod's capacity. If I tried to add any more music the ipod would eventually go into the freezing and resetting loop and I'd have to restore it and start again.
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