yup its really 8gb. i even changed da firware which i got from this site and it stil shows 8gb. besides i hav uploaded more than 6 gb's on it and my computer alos reads da drive as 8g's. i tried formatting but the problem doesnt go away and its stil 8gb. even thou its a clone, it has da ipod logo on it front panel. i havent seen a clone of this sort on the net so far. its got da same design as da pic i posted but insead of "digital audon player written on the front, ipod logo is on it.

anyways, does any1 have a solution to my original problem.

thanks