Dead Video Ipod

Help..
My video ipod is only a month old.. and it just died.. its not on hold ,the battery was fine.. it wasn't dropped. I tried recharging with the wall unit and USB port.. the chargers work fine since I tried them both with my nano and mini.. this thing is just dead.. any ideas on this... ?? It was sitting on my desk at home.. working fine.. then nothing...no resetting nothing.. dead dead dead

I had experience. I thought I lost my iPod.. I looked everywhere. and gave up for about a month. Then I found it, it was inside a hidden compartment in my bag.
but. it wouldn't start. it was dead. I started for the heck of it recharge it. it didn't seem to respond, then... faintly the apple logo appeared ... and apple logo became more clear....then I pressed the play button... for long time.. volla.. it came back to life...
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