Ipod wont boot/reset/shutdown

Hi!
3 days ago i discovered that my ipod wouldnt boot. I tried everything, Menu+Select for 1min, recharging the reset, connecting to my computer, connecting to recharger, and nothing. It seems dead, because the display does not show anything and it does not respond at all.
The only thing i can hear from the ipod is this ticking sound(not from the headphones) that's annoying me now for 3whole days. tick,tick,tick,tick and so on from the bottom connector.
I have researched the internal pcb of the ipod video and realized that it might be the DC-DC converter that seems to loop the hole time through it's capacitors or small inductors. The other theory is that the hard-drive thats trying to boot, but that seems not likely. Because then the battery would have drained out already by the first day of "ticking"
So please, is there someone that knows how to reset a ipod video 5.5G 30Gb completely, my patience is dying right here and it seems that i will hear this ticking for a whole week or more (I fully recharged it before the ticking noise)

me too had the same problem... i just bought my ipod video 80gb for 3 months and use it occasionally. Yesterday i was listening to my ipod, songs just started skipping and at the end, the song just got stucked at the playing menu with timed minutes and artist display. all i can get is the ticking sound of the controller. when i connect it to my itune, it just say it was corrupted and cant restore. think i need some professional help here, thanks

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