Second Generation Shuffle Problem

My situation is the following: My new 2nd gen. shuffle seemed to work fine for about one day. Now, without having abused it it doesn't seem to work at all.
It will sometimes be recognized by iTunes 7.0.2, but only after docking and undocking a couple times, and when recognized I can play songs through iTunes. However, when I undock it (and I do this the proper way) it either acts completely dead (with no lights or anything) or acts like it should be working, but doesn't play music through (otherwise fully functional) headphones or speakers. I should also note that if left on the dock for a while it sometimes seems to get a bit warm to the touch, but this might be normal.
Anyone else having this problem? My Shuffle might just be a dud!
P.S. I already reset it to factory conditions (when I could get it to be recognized) but this didn't solve anything.
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.8) re: Second Generation iPod Shuffle

It seems like this is my only forum option unless i post under "connecting the ipod shuffle" which is the lesser of my two problem (it sometimes connects but never plays music while separated). I'm new at this so I may be missing something.

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My sister recently got three iPod touches for her family and I helped set them up. I had no problems setting them up at all. It's when she brought me two iPod Shuffles (generation 2), one for my niece since she's not old enough to use an expensive iPod touch, where the headaches began. When choosing to synch, iTunes says it is waiting for the iPod and hangs for a good 2+ minutes. After it unfreezes, with no error messages, I see no changes, and no music is on the iPod (either of them).
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I was successfully able to add music to the gen 2 iPod shuffles using that program, and indeed I know not to run both it and iTunes at the same time. iTunes was even able to display the tracks and play list I created with Sharepod, but the "fill" command still did the same thing: caused iTunes to hang for a time while saying it was waiting for the iPod and then continue as if it finished properly later... with no changes made at all. Even the check boxes for settings don't seem to save, but iTunes does properly name the devices. One is for one of my nephews and one is for my niece. Dragging songs to the iPod shuffle causes the same behavior of freezing for a time before unfreezing with no songs added to the device. I must note that by freeze I don't mean Windows says it's not responding. I can tab out and minimize/restore the program fine. All controls in the program such as clicking on play lists or trying to access the menus or clicking things do nothing until it unfreezes though. Since the iPod touches sync so incredibly quickly, I don't know if the program freezes during a normal sync.
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Thanks! SharePod really did the trick.
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** iPod/iPhone Connectivity Tests **
iPodService 8.1.1.10 is currently running.
iTunesHelper 8.1.1.10 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 2.12.36.0 is currently running.
Universal Serial Bus Controllers:
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller. Device is working properly.
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller. Device is working properly.
Connected Device Information:
KAI'S IPOD, iPod shuffle (2nd & 3rd Generation) running firmware version 1.0.4
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