IPod 1st gen - black screen except for 5 seconds when charging

Hi everyone !,
I am having an issue with my iPod Touch 1st generation bought in December 2007.
this week-end i've decided i'd work under my house for some technical reasons i will not explain here..
i've been listenning some music, and realized my battery was almost dead.
i've so decided to go upstairs pick up the power charger and plug my ipod.
all went fine...
worked for couple of hours until i was done,
i've unplugged the ipod, then came back in, did some stuff in the garage for an hour or so, and decided i wanted to listen to music again, and then.. the ipod did not react to the on-off button as well to the home button.
when i unplugged it from the power charger, i saw the battery was 3/4 charged. i've so decided to wait until the evening to check it out and kept on working in between.
the evening, i plugged the ipod onto the computer > no reaction
plugged it onto the charger the screen lighted on, logo, then the light goes off, but i seem to see the apple logo in the back like "printed" on the screen then disappearing. i 've tried soft reset, hard-reset... nothing works... i've put it in recovery mode to erase/restore from both my mac and my PC, itunes detects it in recovery mode even if the screen remains black, try to restore but it fails, error code 1601.
i am fearing it simply died ... but i am anyway seeking for any piece of advice in case of... even if i was thinking getting an iPhone 4S, that'd be pitty if my iPod bought 4 years ago just dies before Xmas...
thanking in advance all mac-gifted people who would have any piece of usefull advice.
Cheers,
Nicolas.
PS: while thinking about it, iOS 3.something was installed months ago...

Error 1600, 1601, 1602: Try the following steps to resolve this error:
Ensure proper USB isolation troubleshooting has been performed, and test with a known-good cable.
Follow the steps listed for Error 1604.
This error may be resolved by disabling, deactivating, or uninstalling third-party security, antivirus, and firewall software. See steps in this article for details on troubleshooting security software.
Above from:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694

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