Flashing apple icon on ipod start up screen

so my brothers ipod ran out of power completly while watching a movie on it.
when he plugged it into his computer all it did was show the apple icon and flash on and off, its not charging and teh computer wont recognize it.
ideas ?

you could try reseting the ipod. not sure if it will fix the problem but that is what i do when my ipod is not working and it always fixes the problem

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. The following article provides some useful information and steps that may help get your iPhone working again.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281
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