IPod doesn't turn on, doesn't respond, its screen flashes every ten seconds

Hello. Yesterday, my iPod's battery was discharged. I charged it for about 10 minutes. After that, I listened to some music until the battery discharged again. I didn't connect the iPod again to my PC. Several hours later, I noticed something strange: the screen was, every ten seconds, giving a fast flash of light that only lasted like half a second. I tried every button (I checked that the iPod wasn't in Hold mode) but it didn't do anything and the flash of light continued. Then, I connected the iPod many times to the PC, each time in a different USB slot. Nothing happened. No message of recognition from the PC or from the iPod. It's like I didn't connect it. I tried in another PC, but the result was the same. I tried to reset it, but it didn't do anything. It simply doesn't work. Can you help me? Why does the screen of the iPod turns on and off for so little time every ten seconds without me doing anything for that to happen? Why doesn't the iPod work? Thanks

I'm having this exact same problem, except that occasionally I'll get "please wait, very low battery."
Otherwise, the Apple logo comes up and the screen brightens up, and at the same time I can HEAR the drive inside whirring up, but then it just quits... Only to try again!

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