Ongoing iPod 30GB Problem

I am currently on my third 30GB iPod with color display. I have had an ongoing problem with them since I got my first one in mid June of last year, after 'X' period of time listening to music (varies from weeks to many months) the iPod will begin to not play songs and just skip to the next song on the playlist until the playlist is done. It will also be unable to turn off.
Restarting the iPod will help for a short period of time before a final restart where the iPod will display a "sad Ipod icon." At this point my computer will not recognize the iPod and it will die completely. I to to continue sending my iPods back to Apple and receiving new ones, however I was wondering what may be causing this problem. Any ideas?
iPod 30GB Photo   Windows XP  

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=352819&tstart=15

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