IPod updater breaks iPod Mini

my iPod mini has worked fine for over a year, only a couple of freezes that were easily corrected by a reset.
yesterday I download the latest iTunes, and the iPod Updater 2005-9-23. Since then my Mini refuses to download more than 2-3 songs without locking.
I've restored to factory defaults a number of times.
i've restored to the previous iPod mini version a few times.
I can't (easliy) restore to the previous version of iTunes.
The only solution on any of the boards I can find is 'restore to factory'. Well I've been doing that most of today with no success.
Would someone from Apple like to explain what's going on? I'll be darned if I spend GBP132 sending it off for a repair when I'm sure it's just software.

Thanks Scott but that is exactly what I was referring to.
I can't tell whether it's iTunes or the iPod updater that has caused the problem. Frankly I'm not convinced that rhe 'Restore iPod' function really does what it says. If it did then by using the previous updater I should have been restoring to the exact same version that worked well until Wednesday.
And if that was the case then the latest iTunes downdate is the cause of the problem.

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