IPOD coming up with sad icon

ok..so my ipod has been hallucinating for a while now, giving me low battery when its charged, and shutting off afterwards, low play life..etc..
but now it gives me the sad ipod sign nad doesnt turn on anymore...i can reset the ipod, but it doesnt turn on (coz i get the sad ipod icon), and i cant go to disk mode and the service by apple will cost 273.34 with shipping since the warranty is expired. Any way to fix this solution by myself so i will not have to pay this amount of money. i would rather go out and buy a different make of mp3 player rather than pay this amount of money for piec of tech that doesnt last for more than a year, so ur help will be gratly appreciated.
thanks

Thanks for your reply with the link JEFF BRYAN. Sadly i have tried all of these steps and none worked.
And yes i have seen the creative website, and from wat i saw the creative discussion forum. well from wat i saw most people are content, and very few have problems. Now i dont mean to bash the ipod but from my experience and the experience of people around me i would say it was overrated.
and to make an interesting research here is a quick link for you.
http://powerelectronics.com/news/powermaking_electronicpackages/index.html
IT is a fact that the smaller you go with any electronic device the more problems your prone to face. It doesnt apply to all, but it applies to most cases.
anyways thanks for your post

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    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2364921&#2364921
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    Sad iPod solution
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