Ipod won't play music or video, other than that it works fine

My ipod 60gb 5.5 gen wont play music or video. I took it to an unexperienced ipod repair centeer and they couldn't figure it out. I took it to an apple store and they said that it was probably the hard drive but weren't sure. I can use this ipod as a hard drive. It will store and transfer files at full capacity. It also will auto scroll through pictures. If the hard drive had malfuntioned then wouldn't I have trouble using it as a removable hard drive? When I select a song to play, it shows album art work but remains at 0:00. I have restored it. When I did a diagnostic run, it didn't show the hard drive in the options for testing. I can repair my ipod myself. I'm talented but I need to know what part to buy first.
Help!
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The following links may lead you to some help in figuring out what you're up against. I'm sorry, but a cursory search didn't enable me to find the exact page.
http://repair4player.org/disassembly_apple.html
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aof ficial&q=iPodvideo+repair+Wolfson+fifth+pictorialguide&btnG=Search

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