Why is my mini skipping over songs?

My inner click wheel became stuck recently, and I could not adjust the volume nor scroll through the menus. Also, when I clicked the right side of the wheel to go to the next song, it would skip 5 or 6 songs-I could see the names flying by and it would start playing whatever it felt like, I guess.
So I brought it to an Apple store and they reset it which fixed the inner wheel. Now I can adjust the volume and scroll through the lists fine, but the skipping problem still exists. Any suggestions? Do I have to reset an option somewhere?

Try restoring the iPod software:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
These may also be useful:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300766
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61018

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