IPod dead?  Time for repair?

I plugged in my iPod mini to my computer today to transfer some songs, and it froze right away. Now, since mine is second-hand and pretty old and beat up, I took no notice of it, since this kind of thing usually happens (I usually end up resetting it around twice a day). But when I tried to reset it, I got the sad face iPod image and was directed to the iPod support page. I followed the directions to put it in disk mode and such, but to no avail. The sad iPod face kept haunting me. Then, later tonight, as I was willing the **** thing to work, I noticed an electrical whirring sound, that, sure enough, was coming from my iPod. It sounds like the hard drive is pretty much fried.
Any hope whatsoever? (Warranty is gone by now =( )
Dell   Windows XP   2.8 GHZ, 512 MB RAM

I have to say based on my time on these forums that your iPod appears to have departed this life. : (
The sad iPod icon is usually indicative of a hard drive problem, and that coupled with the strange noises it's making seems to confirm it.
There are 3rd party repair sites (depending where you live) which might be worth a try.

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