1st Gen iPod Problems

[Puntoboy]

I recently acquired a 1st gen iPod and I'm having a few problems with it.

First thing is that the battery doesn't last very long at all and sometimes it will turn off saying the battery is flat, but if I turn it back on again it will be OK for another half our or so. I think it's the battery at fault.

Secondly some of the music has been corrupted. I'll add a load of tracks which play perfectly on my laptop, but when it comes to play then on the iPod some song with stop randomly and skip to the next track. Most songs are OK it's just the odd few that do it. I noticed that when I plug it into my laptop is will occasionally say that the disk has errors and would I like to scan it. Could if be a problem with the memory in the iPod or could the two problems be part of the same thing?

Any ideas?

[ratboy_ben]

iPods do have terrible batteries, they last like new for a year and thats it.
You can crack it open and fit a new one, plenty of videos on youtube of how to do it
http://www.batterymill.co.uk/product...ipod_1-2g.html

As for the corruption, try using the restore to factory settings option in iTunes then start over again

[Puntoboy]

Yeah I can get a battery for about a fiver delivered from another website.

Tried the restore, but no joy.

Thanks.

[ratboy_ben]

You could try taking it to an apple store they've got clever gadgets there to fix ipods

[Puntoboy]

True I guess, but I reckon they would either charge me the earth, or try to sell me a new one.

[turbo ste]

ipods are the only thing i would buy extended warranty with as they always break down. plus it only costs something like a pound a month

[Puntoboy]

Well I didn't buy it new and didn't pay anything for it