IPod Touch skipping some songs

Hi there,
I bought an 8GB iPod Touch, synched all my music library of about 500 songs; and now I see that when I'm playing my songs random, a few songs play until some part (the middle of the song usually) and then stops playing abruptly and goes to the next song. If I delete the song in my iPod and re-sync it again then the song plays OK so I don't think this problem is related to the song itself.
How can I fix this problem? Is this a firmware or iPod hardware problem?
Thanks and regards,
Mauricio

I had a similar problem,
Many PC users have solved this problem by adding a new PCI Card to their PC that adds a new set of USB ports. Then re-sync the entire iPod using the NEW usb port.
There seems to be a transfer problem with some onboard USB ports. (the USB ports that came with your computer) - when you use an 'add-on' USB port, the problem goes away.
Whether this is an Apple or a PC problem - I'll leave that up for speculation.
here's an old thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6989563#6989563
good luck!

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