Has anyone else had a similar problem ?

I bought my son a 30gb ipod video for his birthday (8th May) which worked for @ 2 - 3 weeks, then went completely dead - would not take a charge. Tried using a different charging lead, tried it on another PC & even tried it with a mains adapter. Also tried doing the reset thing, but still nothing. So sent it back to Apple c/o their support site & in fairness the service was very quick, the replacement arrived in less that a week.
This replacement was fully charged, but by last weekend it needed charging, but again he had exactly the same problem - completely dead & tried everything again as above. Sent it back to apple again on tuesday & awaiting no. 3 now.

[EDIT] - Forgot to add that I have tested the usb with a gps receiver and it did charge the gps - so dont think there's a problem with either pc.

[EDIT] - Replacement ipod arrived on Monday afternoon & by 2:00 pm on Tuesday it had died again - same problem.

iPod number 4 arrived yesterday & died in @ 10 minutes.

Not got a clue what's causing all these problems, but with this latest ipod I never even connected it to my sons PC (PIII 800 & bought a PCI card for USB2) incase it was his PC that was causing the problem. So I connected it to my PC (AMD 2600) after installing all the ipod software & updater stuff and I intended to leave it connected to my pc to fully charge it up for him. After @ 5 - 10 mins the charging icon disappeared & a different battery icon appeared - @ a third of it was black & had a 'Z' type line through it. So now it was time to phone apple support - not much after that the screen went black while I was still on the phone to them, so they said to leave it on charge for an hour & then call back if still the same. I did this and after an hour it was completely dead, but after only @ 5 mins I picked up the ipod and it was very warm, after 30 - 40 mins it had cooled down quite a lot.

I wondered if there could be a problem with the charger / USB lead ? He was able to transfer MP3s onto the first 3 ipods though, but thinking back they only seemed to last until they needed a re-charge. I think it's highly unlikely that 2 different PCs would both kill ipods & even less likely that there was a similar fault in all 4 ipods.
Any techie type people got any thoughts on this ??

i thing its a problem with static electricity which is harmfull for the hard disk inside the ipod or probably earthing problems in your house....try gettin it charged at an office or some where else

I'm fairly sure it was a faulty cable, when they sent the 5th replacement it was a brand new one & also came with a new USB lead, so I also replaced the lead and have not had any problems since then, so the old usb lead has been thrown away.

Spoke too bloody soon, the 5th replacement - which was a 60gb this time, died yesterday. The delivery driver picked it up this morning said it was his 6th ipod return this morning - two were screen problems & the others were same problem as mine.
They are very happy though - its keeps them busy every day picking up & delivering ipods.