Problems with 4th Gen Nano

I got a yellow iPod nano late August from my aunt as a going away present for college. Since then, my iPod needs to constantly restart. If I unplug it from the macbook, I need to restart it in order for it to work normally. Then, when I turn it off to reserve power and turn it back on later, it either restarts completely instead of being on the music screen. Sometimes, It won't turn on AT ALL, despite the fact that I have full battery!
I had a first and second generation iPod nano and when I turned them off and turned them back on, it wouldn't have a problem at all. Is my current iPod a dud?
Thanks!
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.6)

Update: I just put it into Disk Mode, and then it finally showed up in both iTunes and Finder. When I then tried to restore it, error message 1429 popped up. (The iPod then disappeared from both iTunes and Finder.) Following Apple's resolution, I'm supposed to eject it from iTunes, but how am I supposed to do that when it's not showing? The screen says "Do not disconnect."

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A few days ago my iPod began to act strangely: it started to freeze more than usual, and the device sometimes made strange noises when I tried to play songs. When it froze I would just press menu + select and it would reset, and so I did that tonight, but it froze soon after and started emitting a louder, stranger noise. It was as if the iPod was crying or whining (and I apologize for the lack of a more descriptive simile) and clicking. Then it turned off and I couldn't turn it back on or reset it, but it was still making the noise. I tried plugging it in to the USB cable but nothing appeared on the screen. It continued to make the sound for a while and then it stopped.
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My 4th gen nano's clock is frozen and trying to change the time causes the screen to freeze. Resetting it brings it "back to normal", but the clock's still frozen. The lock hardly works, and the iPod starts playing music randomly. It is not recognized by iTunes or Finder; iTunes seems to eject it before recognizing it or saying it's plugged in. The following error message says that it should be ejected properly and that iTunes/Finder will try to restore it the next time it's connected.
None of the solutions in the Help Center fixed it and the screen's now frozen at "Connected."
Other than that, it's working perfectly fine...

Update: I just put it into Disk Mode, and then it finally showed up in both iTunes and Finder. When I then tried to restore it, error message 1429 popped up. (The iPod then disappeared from both iTunes and Finder.) Following Apple's resolution, I'm supposed to eject it from iTunes, but how am I supposed to do that when it's not showing? The screen says "Do not disconnect."

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Bought my daughter a 4th gen nano for Christmas. Also purchased a TV show from Itunes some time back.
This TV show has been in Itunes for months, and is on my 5th gen Ipod and plays fine, but will not import to the 4th gen nano.
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3.After researching, I downloaded and reinstalled Itunes and Quicktime both.
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My 13 yr. old daughter solved this problem, and successfully imported the TV show to her Ipod.
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