80GB Classic is playing up

Ok, so I was updating my iPod with some new songs and podcasts, and I was synicing it, and I'm pretty sure it had said it had synced, so I pulled the iPod out of the computer and logged off. But ever since then, about half an hour ago, it's been resetting every 7 seconds, I can't see the menu or anything, just the apple logo or a black screen, and it just makes a 'clack' noise when it resets. I've tried reseting it with the hold button on then off and holding the menu and select button, but that won't work, I've tried every button I can see on there, and I've connected it to the conputer but it doesn't recognise it. Any help?

Try forcing it into Disk Mode, then connect it to the computer and see if you can restore it...
Putting iPod into Disk Mode
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
Patrick

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