IPod is really dead...

I've had my iPod for almost two years and its been working swell, I let a friend of mine borrow it, she ended up dropping it on cement, but I was able to get a replacement screen for cheap and it looked almost new (still had that "tiny" bump") It also dropped once from around 6 feet height after this, but it survived, [since the floor was carpet] and later, it dropped again, a piece next to the hard drive cable that had "KL" on it ---part of the main mother-board thing, fell, and w/out it, it would not charge on my JBL speakers, only when I connected it to my PC. I finally decided to add the piece, (it then was able to be charged on the speakers) but when I dismounted it, the iPod [60GB 5G white] was hot and the hard drive made "digital processing" noises, after it cooled down, it would not turn on, AT ALL. No "low battery" no, "sad Mac" or of the sort, it will not turn on at all [even by pressing MENU et the center button, it will not] I left it alone for 3 days, and still, I could not turn it on. I checked the inside, the battery still had some juice, no chips were burnt, no cable were burnt or black. --The iPod looked exactly the same. It is just DEAD. It doesn't do anything anymore, even if I connect it to the PC. So its really dead, truly dead, not "low batt." dead, not "sad mac" dead, not "do not disconnect" dead, its hard drive dead. -_- Is there anything I can do now for it? To save it, or replace it, or etc....

You can bury it, you can take it to the Apple Store and get 10% off a new one for giving it to them. If you get a new one, tie it to yourself.

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