Video Ipod Errors - Exclamation/Non-animated Battery Icon Loop

i have a problem with my video ipod and have followed every single suggestion and tutorial on the apple web site.....
when i reset, it gives the sad ipod face with exclamation point and the message:
"www.apple.com/support/ipod" and lights up...
then turns light off and goes to battery message without any animaton... then just about every 2 minutes or so it goes back to the exclamation point and the message:
"www.apple.com/support/ipod" and lights up...
and repeats..
been charging for hours...
can't get it into disk mode either...
computer doesn't recognize...

Mine is doing a similar item but it will work but just gets a battery logo with a yield and a sign like this inside the yeild I cannot get it to sync. I don't think it is the hard drive it appears to be more software related then hardware related anyone have any solutions.

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