Very strange iPod 120 gig problems

About one month ago, my 120 gb iPod Classic began to randomly pause when moved and skip songs and videos. I reset, restored, checked for iTunes and iPods updates, and reinstalled, but the problems continued.
After experimenting with different brands of headphones and doing research, it appeared to me that the most likely culprit was a worn headphone jack.
I sent it to Apple's repair service, which returned it a week later, saying it had been repaired.
It worked just fine for about 3 days, then resumed the pausing and skipping. Album artwork also sometimes appeared as a garbled "static" looking image.
I then thought it might be a issue with my computer, so I ran several virus scans, defragmented it, and formatted the iPod as FAT32.
Next, I restarted the computer, then restored the iPod, then restarted again and synced the iPod.
It worked like a charm...for roughly 3 hours. I then experimented with just doing a reset, restarting the computer, and syncing the iPod, which bought me another hour on average.
However, it didn't work for long. After two days, that method no longer worked, and it now immediately pauses and skips whenever I listen to it.
I'm at my wits end with this thing. I'm not sure whether sending it back to Apple will help, since it didn't last time, so any advice on what to do is appreciated.
Thanks -
The Road Rascal

You could check the hard drive as I describe in this post:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11128475#11128475
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can u try by write a small function inside bean A
that contain proper lookup to Bean B...
then try to call finbyPrimaryKey...
now tell me is it working?
or else can u give code or clear idea..
if i can help u ,,,, sure i will
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