Full iPod battery dies overnight EVEN WHEN TURNED OFF!

Black 80gig Video Ipod:

Background info:

The Ipod after fully charging can last around 8-10 hours of USE (straight music playing) so the battery seems to me like it is fine as it holds a nice long charge of use.

BUT when I turn it off fully charged as I go to sleep, it will be dead in the morning. Its like it uses the same amount of battery whether its playing music or turned off. Now I know its supposed to be using some battery because the pod is not fully 'off' but clearly it should not be dying at the same rate it is playing.

I have done the 5 Rs to no avail. I thought I had found the problem from an alarm I had set because on a different forum people said that can drain battery along with calender alarms. Made sure I had none of these turned on even tried the 5 Rs again and after all of this still no go.

Is the only explanation that my battery is dead? Then why does it hold such a long charge? And I would hate to buy a battery replacement only to find out that it is something else. It sucks because my warranty is long expired and I cant even post at the apple forums (unless I am just dumb and cant find the 'New Thread' button.

But does anyone have any solutions? It is REALLY bugging me.

quote DCRage

It's possible the iPod is not really fully turned off. If the menu can still be seen on the screen it is not fully off and will quickly drain the battery. Resetting usually fixes this.

No it is def not anything as simple as that.

Likely too late for that. 5G iPods like this one (I have the same thing) were discontinued back in summer '07 when the Classic came out.

i heard, that if you leave your ipod on the charger, for too long, it actually destroys the battery.

This is why I stopped using my 5G (have a 30gig one) after it was replaced by apple it came with this same problem, works fine during test but dies overnight. I dealt with this 2 years ago and after apple refused to replace the ipod (ultimately they replaced a broken one with a lemon) I just went with a zen assuming the battery is fried.

Out of curiosity I revisited this problem a couple of weeks ago and ordered a replacement battery, did a successful replacement yet the problem persisted... I even had a new one sent since I thought it was a bat problem... replaced but the problem persists. So I'm 99% sure its not the battery, it might be something else, any advice on fixing this would be greatly appreciated.

Your problem, Jim, sounds like you've got a very minor battery leakage. Meaning energy just pours out sometimes cuz of how many times you've charged it. Electronics can only be charged a limited amount of time and after it has been charged 1000 times it starts to leak and malfunction.

SDEUH it would help if you can tell me you way of charging. Example: wall charger, computer charger, etc.

I charge through wall charger...
The battery I just bought through ebay was JUNK. One of the wires broke & that is why it wouldn't hold a charge. I got a refund and bought a new battery through IPODJUICE.com - It works great so far!

That's odd... my only advice is to try double clicking the home button and closing all running apps. and make sure when you shut it off, you're shutting it off properly (holding the hold button blah blah blah), and storing your iPod in a warm place for the night.