Ipod nano 3rd generation straight up died.

I possess an ipod nano 3rd generation that just stopped working altogether. The screen is black and no buttons are doing anything. I've had it freeze up to where it stops working and the backlight stays on, all i had to do was wait for it to die then plug it in. This time however is different. No buttons are working, it was at 80% charge when i checked like 2 minutes before it died, and it wont respond to anything. At first i tried what i always do, which is just plug it into the wall and it'll turn back on, but it didnt respond to it. I've had it for almost 5 years and it's had that clear protection case on it the entire time. My computer and even iTunes doesnt recognize it either, it only sees the cord used to plug it in but says theres nothing on the other end. Please respond, i essentially have a very expensive piece of scrap metal now.

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It had not been used for awhile and most of the songs that were on there were gone when I turned it on. I was trying to sync to update the library.

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It had not been used for awhile
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QuickTime 7.7.5
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Apple Application Support 3.0.6
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CD Driver 2.2.3.0
CD Driver DLL 2.1.3.1
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Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.64.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
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