iPod my ipod dead?

[CubaTBird]

so every time i select a song on my ipod, it freezes. constantly... and when i put my ear by the ipod, i can hear a faint "whining" noise and clicking. is it pretty much dead? i have a 30 gb ipod photo.

 

[Jecko024]

If you only hear the noise when its fairly close to your ear, I would assume that just the hard drive spinning and reading and is I think normal. However if you hear it from a distance, I would say it could be the drive.