Problems with 40 GB click wheel ipod

Ok about three days ago my iPod was working like a charm. Like it normally always does. Then all of a sudden it started to slow down, then freeze. I reset it and it seemed fine.
I played some songs, then it started skipping to the next track halfway through one song. It never did this before so I thought it was really strange. I let the next track play through and once again it skipped over to the next track halfway through. And it continued to do this.
When I got home I plugged it into itunes to update my iPod. iTunes told me my ipod was corrupted and it needed to be restored to it's original factory settings. I knew it had been acting strange so I went ahead and restored it. Everything seemed okay until I started to sync my Ipod. Halfway through the syncing proccess it just stopped transfering music to it. It's like my Ipod just all of a sudden rejected the music.
Itunes then froze on me. I waited for it to unfreeze but it didn't. After about an hour and a half I ctrl-alt-deleted and shut the program down. My Ipod still said do not disconnect so I figured I'd re-open Itunes to eject it. Problem was itunes wouldn't open up. Normally Itunes opens up automatically once I click on it. This time it wouldn't though. So I ended up restarting my computer and disconnecting my ipod once it stopped saying 'Do Not Disconnect'.
Once my computer was booted up I opened up itunes and reconnected my ipod. It said it was corrupted once again. Basically the same thing happened again. I've must of tried 6 or 7 times now and each time it's the same results. I tried manually updating my Ipod. everything seemed to work fine but after 300 songs it just locked up in the middle of the transfers like it did all the other times.
Although this time it kept the music on my ipod but it still skips to the next track after about halfway through. I've also noticed an abnormal clicking sound from my ipod. It's not loud but not quiet either. And I haven't noticed it before.
So my question is, what's wrong with my ipod? I assume it's just about six feet under so I'm wondering if it's possible if I can get it repaired? I know it's an old model so I'm wondering. And if I can get it fixed, how? And how much would it cost if there's a fee?
Windows XP

Somebody, anyone, help please? If no one has an answer can someone point me into a direction where someone does? A tech support number or something?

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