My iPod is making weird ticking noises

I bought a new 30GB iPod (video)about a week ago. Everything works but it seems to delay quite often, especially when changing songs. Sometimes it just won't switch songs at all when I click the next or previous button. Also, you can occasionally hear strange ticking noises.. like the inside of a clock or the sound a computer makes when its trying to do a lot at once. This happens when scrolling, changing songs, etc. I'm just wondering if this is normal or if any other owners of this iPod have experienced it. Because my iPod is new I want to figure this out and see if I should call and try to get a new one to avoid further problems in the future. Thanks for your help

Yeah, this noise is made by the head of the hard
drive which switches from one position to the other
when you change tracks.
Don't worry, it's perfectly normal for an iPod with a
hard disk.
hmm....not exactly.
i got my ipod replaced twice in the same night b/c of this issue. the apple genius took it in the back room and moved it left to right a few times while it was being restored and he noticed the "grind-like" noises. he came back to me and said it definitely wasn't normal && finally swapped it out with one without the strange noises.
i believe apple uses 2 different types of hard drives in their ipods, one of which make the weird noises.
so, it's a faulty ipod....get it replaced before your 14 days are up!!
cheers-
mark

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