IPod Nano completely broken?

Hi there,
I got my first iPod (iPod Nano 2nd Edition 2GB) a week ago because I've been using iTunes for a while now and I wanted to get something decent to play my music on the go.
I have also bought the Nike+ Sports Kit and a Nike+ wristband to use it while running.
Now, on the first day everything went well. I could connect my iPod to iTunes, connect it to the Nike+ Sports Kit sensor, it worked perfectly. After I finished my exercises I noticed that the back of the iPod Nano was slightly wet, although I had it savely inside the Nike+ wristband which is specifically designed to it with the iPod Nano that way.
On the Morning of the second day I noticed that the display of my Nano was stuck (frozen) so I looked up the support site and managed to reset it by pressing select-menu for 6 seconds ect.
Recently these freezings have come more often (I've had to reset my iPod around 10 times in the last 4 days). I've also had to restore it a few times.
Now, today when I tried to connect my iPod to iTunes nothing happened. The iPod Nano screen is dark and stays dark, even when I have it connected to the USB cable on the PC. I've tried to reset it about 10 times in a row but the display stays dark. When I connect it to my computer iTunes doesn't recognize it, but Windows XP tells me there is a new USB device connected to my computer so the iPod must be alive somehow. The problem is that I don't know the location of the iPod driver on my computer so I can't tell windows where to search for the iPod driver to install it.
Does anybody know the location of the iPod driver on Windows machines, or does anybody know what I should do next?
I really need your help. Thank you.

Heya,
something similar happened to me. I didn't get my ipod wet but the last week i've had to reset every time i wanted to use it and like you, mine's not recognised on my laptop and nothing happens when i try to charge it. It's propper dead!
I'm taking mine to a shop that can repair/replace ipods within warranty. New ipod here i come. You may have to do this too.
Good luck.

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