Only Right Headphone Works

It started almost right after I listened to a song where there was a part where all of the noise would go from left and then right. It was supposed to do that, but then, within the next 10-15 minutes, the left one stopped playing any music at all. I don't know if there is any relation.
Also, this happened after I updated my iPod, which has been suffering from the same stuff that supposedly everyone who updated their iPod has; it's going terribly slow, sometimes freezes, all that great stuff...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
~KSN2122~
Windows XP   Windows XP   Compaq Presario Intel Pentium 4

Not sure whether it is a hardware or software issues
For software
restore your iPod to factory settings.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
If does not solve, likely a hardware issue relates to the headphone jack of your iPod, if you have test with another headphone with same result, you need to send your iPod for service

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