Problem with 80gb Classic, freezing/games disappearing...

I'm listening to a song, playing Solitaire. iPod freezes and then goes to the Apple Logo screen for a little bit.
It reboots and I re-start a song. It plays.
I go back to play Solitaire... there are no games on the iPod.
The iPod was not connected to a PC at all during this. I had not played around with the games file or anything else on the PC while the iPod was connected either.
So after a bit of a panic, I hook it up to the PC. It then says it doesn't recognize it and I should format it so it does, as if it was a new iPod. Now for the last 10 hours or so, it was connected and I was listening to music all day.
I said no, and unplugged it. Put it back in and it fired up as normal.
I then said to eject the iPod and it did, but now it's stuck on the OK to Disconnect screen with the load bar 99% done.
Tried again to hook it up to the PC, it just freezes up iTunes and the iPod resets when I disconnect it.
Sooooo, anyone have any clue whatsoever as to what the **** is going on here?

Hi, yeah I'm having the exact same problem. I just got my 80gb Classic 2 weeks ago and I sync'd everything the first time and did the firmware update. Then the second time I plugged it in to charge it, it froze, so I disconnected it and let the battery completely die out and plugged it in to my computer again. This time it started charging and iTunes popped up and automatically started syncing everything again. And since then i've had to let the battery completely die and totally re-sync everything everytime (actually every 2nd time) I've plugged it in.
I tried it on a different computer and it did the same thing. Does anyone know what to do? Is the firmware maybe the problem?

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I got an Apple classic 80GB for my bday early August and lately i've been having so many problems i dont know where to start, i'll try to explain them as best as i can.
*problem 1:* Whenever i plug my iPod into my PC, it locks up the system for about 5 minutes, then comes up with an error box saying that 'There is a problem with your iPod yadda yadda restore etc'.
I proceed to restore the iPod, then once its restored and reconnects itself, it repeats the cycle by freezing then telling me to restore. The only way i can do a restore and have it not give me an error is if i reboot when it is disconnected.
*Problem 2:* When i finally get it up and ready to sync, i go to sync all my files (About 2000 songs). It gets to around the 1500 song mark then says there is an error and the iPod disconnects itself.
It then instantaneously reconnects itself and starts syncing from where it left off.
Once it has then sync'd all of the music ad tells me its ready to be ejected. I eject the iPod and disconnected it.
I then go into the iPod and it has no songs/videos/photos, yet it has still used up about 15gb. If i reconnect it, it will just sit there for 5 minutes not syncing, it will then randomly say the sync is done and it will eject itself.
FINALLY after all that i have my music on there
*Problem 3* Once the songs are on the iPod, it becomes insanely laggy. If i navigate to a song and press play, it will take about 10 seconds for the actual song to play. The delay is just as bad for next song, pause etc. Even using it in my cars head unit causes it to lag.
*Problem 4* If i do get a song playing after all that, about 1/5 songs will just randomly skip to the next song without letting it play through.
I have all the latest iTunes/Firmware/Drivers for everything on my PC and iPod.
I have sent it back to Apple for repair yet they could not find anything wrong (Yeah right :|)
If anyone out there could help me please, im at my wits end with this infernal machine.
Thankyou

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*Software interference:* THe only other program i have running in the background is Kaspersky Antivirus, but that is disabled when i try to sync
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*Lost connection:* Checked it, it's very firm and unlikely to come loose.
*Conflict with third-party hardware:* I dont have any connected, nor have i ever
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