Help with possibly dead ipod .... any hope?

While listening to my Ipod, it suddenly sounded like it was dying - the music slowed down - like when a cassette tape gets twisted or runs out of battery life. The screen froze. I know it was fully charged - the previous day I charged it until it indicated that I could disconnect - and the green battery icon was near full before it seized up. I tried reset to no avail. The screen went blank Plugged into to PC to try and charge, but screen stays blank and the pc doesn't recognize it.
Is there any hope for my ipod?
(I'm in India - there are no service centers listed on the Apple web page)
Any help from fellow Ipod users would be greatly appreciated.
Steve
Ipod 5th Gen Video 30G Windows XP
Ipod 5th Gen Video 30G Windows XP
Ipod 5th Gen Video 30G   Windows XP  

Hi John,
Thanks for the link. There may be some hope - as it seems that I might just have to keep trying. I did try plugging it into the pc to charge, but no response. I read somewhere that I have to wait 30 minutes or so for it to get enough charge to be recognized - assuming that it's the battery.
Do you have any insight as to why the song that was playing just slowly died - slowed down and sounded warped - could this be what happens with a disk drive when the battery goes? Maybe then all I need to do is charge it...
Thanks again,
Steve
Ipod 5th Gen Video 30G Windows XP

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