The ipod generation has become addictive and no ipod user or owner even if he is old or young can live without it. This has now become the norm just like ps2 and ps3 users. Well, have you ever had a problem with your ipod? This occurred to me a couple of times especially when i tried to switch it on. From the information that i got from friends, the on and off button had been damaged since i frequently slept on it after dosing off while listening to music on my bed. I strongly agreed with that, though it seemed to be the truth. According to my experience with ipods, the problem with my ipod was that i did not get to charge it fully and the only time i charged it was when downloading from the internet so the usb cable connecting to the cpu had less power input and then it did not work properly, this interfered especially when downloading music files from the internet. In such a case if this is also your problem with the ipod, just purchase and original usb cable.