Video Ipod just freezes

i just recently bought a 30 GB Black Ipod...downloading songs from itunes as well as my photos were uploaded with no difficulty...but then when i went to the gym today...after 8 songs ...it just frozed..i tried to turn it off but it would not..i followed the instructions on troubleshooting procedures such as turning the Hold key to the center of the ipod and by charging it again in my pc ( toshiba windows XP) but still to no avail...how am i going to troubleshoot it...or do i just have to have it serviced? it is still under warranty..and i just bought it 3 days ago...im so disappointed!!!

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Restore using the previous updater. This update has created some problems for some users with video playback.
This is the previous updater...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ipodupdater20051117.html
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