Completely Frozen 4th Gen IPod

Its frozen in a block of ice... hehe
I have a 40gig 4th gen monochrome ipod which froze on me today. I was running with it. I had it set to shuffle with the hold on. Next thing I realize, it goes to the next song, and thats it. Frozen. I unhold it, and the hold icon is still there. The clock at the top is still the same as when it froze, nothing works. I tried turning it off, and I can't; I can still hear the drive spinning.
I wanted to reset, but when I connected to the comp, itunes didn't pick it up. When I docked it to the power dock it made the sound like it connected.
So there it is stuck. I don't know if its still functioning or if its a screen problem (the battery level is still the same even though its running)
What to do?

Ok so i just put into Disk Mode and have it connected to my computer, hopefully it will work after awhile

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