Black screen/not recognised in Itunes/Windows - tried everything?

My ipod was working fine until a couple of weeks ago when I decided it was time to sync it, and itunes asked me to upgrade the os - which I did, but after a while it froze, then my only option available was to restore - which I did, when it froze again. I'm now left with an ipod touch that has a black screen, is not recognised by itunes, doesn't show up as a device in 'my computer', but does make the 'usb plugged in' sound when i plug it in/out.
I've tried:
Holding down the buttons to force it to restart / switch off - nothing
Holding the home button whilst plugging it in - nothing
Charging it - nothing
uninstalling all apple/itunes components and doing a clean reinstall - nothing
using a different computer - nothing
I cant check to see what setting the ipod is in, as the screen is black.
Any suggestions? It's not even 18 months old, has only had light use and I love it!

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