My Old iPod freezes mid-song

I have a 40Gb circa 2003 (old-age generation!!) iPod, while using out and about, it freezes mid-song, runs down battery and switches off. When I connect via dock at home, all OK, it recharges and plays through my iMac OK. But it will lock up if I try to play remotely! Please Help! Will it be expensive to repair or does it just need a new battery? (Like my hearing aid - those batteries never last this long!)
Thanks
Lynn
400MHz PowerPC G3 Mac OS X (10.3.9) Using 40Gb iPod circa 2003

Try disabling hard disk use.
(Itunes -> Edit -> Preferences -> Ipod -> General)
I've tried most of the answers suggested on these discussion boards - I've restored to factory settings (several times), I've tried running chkdsk on the Ipod from Windows XP, I've rolled back to ITunes v4 (the one on the cd I got with the Ipod) and none of them worked.
Then I just unchecked the box to allow the Ipod to be used as a hard disk and (so far) that seems to have done the trick (I've played several albums without any skipping or freezing so far).
I'm still on Itunes v4. I'll try upgrading to v5 or v6 and see if it still works.
Good luck.

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