Ipod 4gb connection problems, not normal situation

An ipod i acquired from a friend had fallen and the screen broke. For a few hours the ipod worked despite the screen being broken. Then it suddenly turned off and no longer played. When it was connected to a computer it did not respond. I open the ipod to try and figure out what had went wrong since the warranty was over. I noticed some discoloration in the pins that connected the flash memory to the board. I also noticed a scratch over those pins. I put some tin foil over it and connected it to the computer and the ipod was read but was not able to reformat or be mounted as a usb drive. This process as stopped working after a while and now can't even be recognized. I require some help as I dont want to lose this ipod because it can still be used a 4gb usb drive. Thank You in advanced.

I did look at your pictures. If you think you didn't connect it properly, compare it to the pictures on ifixit. Past that, send it to a professional to fix it, they aren't going to come here and diagnose it from your pictures and tell you how to fix it. If you were such a techy you'd already know anyway.
If you are Restoring it and it continually responds with a message that it is corrupt, read this: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499

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And the issue is, Whenever I close iTunes while my iPod is connected (but not being updated), i get the message that "iTunes.exe has preformed an illegal operation and will be closed".
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1399
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All the best,
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Hello there,
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