Ipod 5th Generation issues

[tcrash]

The Ipod was working fine. Then one day I went to turn it on and it would not turn on. i tried to reset it but nothing. I plugged it into my stereo to charge it and the stereo only hummed and when I try to turn it on it load the apple logo and then jumps to a logo of an ipod with an unhappy face on it with a triangle with and exclamation poit in it. It will not turn on. After charging for a short time the back of the ipod gets extremely hot. I thought it was the battery so I ordered a new battery online and installed it. Still the same issue. Any help would be awsome. I paid over $400 for this and it lasted almost a year. It was working great up to this point.

[hayne]

Have you looked at the troubleshooting suggestions in the Apple documents referred to in the sticky thread at the top of this forum section?
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=45421

[Anti]

Sounds to me like the iPod's logic board may have gone south. Either that or the hard drive, if it's getting really hot like you said.

Your best option may be to take it in to an Apple Store and use it toward a new iPod classic. If the logic board is fried, there's no use in paying for a new one. It's quite expensive.

Alternatively, as a last resort, you could pop it open and reseat the hard drive ribbon cable. That might fix it. Or try the business card fix.
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY---Fix-Broken-iPod!/