3rd Gen booting issues - board grinding

I have a barrage of booting issues. After reconnecting the battery, I get apple logo> file/exclamation logo> then a loud clicking sound which can only be dampened by disconnecting the battery. At first I though maybe it was the drive, but I still get the sound with the drive detatched. I can reset fine, but will not go into diagnostics. Also, no trace of mounting.
It was working fine until I went in to jiggle the display cable as I was getting intermittent display. Maybe I f'ed up the logic board somehow?
Anyone out there slept with enough ipods to throw me a bone?

So,after using a firewire enabled PC to discover that my cord was okay and that my ports were not working not matter what was plugged in...I did something simple.I unplugged the iMac fr about 10 minutes.So,I guess all I needed was a Mac reset,either way it worked and maybe this will help someone later.Thanks to everyone who at least read the post;)!
Now I have to get back to my Halloween playlist.

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Info:
iPod Touch (3rd Gen) 32 GB
Latest Version available (5.1.1)
Tried resetting settings
Tried hard reset (home button and power button at the same time until apple logo)
Has a full charge
So basically any time I try to turn the iPod Touch on it will bring up a black screen for a second on the display, fail to boot up to the apple logo, and then shuts the display off.
I have done everything up to restoring it on iTunes as listed here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281
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