IPod flashes?

I'm sorry if this has been aswered already..but I couldn't find it anywhere.
I bought a 60 gb Video iPod yesterday and it worked fine yesterday. I got some songs and a video file on it.
Today, I put in a lot more songs, but when it was done...it started to do something weird.
The iPod's screen has an Apple Logo in the middle of the screen. It gets lit up and then it gets dim, hence it's flashing. It also makes sounds when it lights up and dims.
The iPod won't respond to anything- I tried menu and select and the screen goes blank, but only whilst the buttons are pressed (hold mode or letting it go just makes it go back to it's 'flashing' mode) Also the computer doesn't seem to detect it anymore...
Has anyone seen this before and what should I do?

This link might solve your problem
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