i tried doing the hard reset, nothing happening, but i heard what i needed from the last poster. my dad was looking at it and he said it was a dead battery, and i was just looking for a second opinion, so now im going to go to the store later on to replace the battery. any idea of what these batterys and repairs cost? i dont want anythingo over $30 or im just gonna end up replacing my ipod alltogether, because i dont want to spend money on a part thats worth more than the ipod itself. on an off-topic related issue, is the tv show house still on repeats for the writers strike? if it is, when will it be back on, if not can someone fill me in?