IPod nano Freezes!!!!!!Please Help

Every now and then my iPod nano (1st gen) used to freeze and nothing I could do could get it back to life.......so i would just wait an hour or so and it would come back to life. When the iPod was frozen, the screen would be on, the only thing it responded to was the hold switch (the screen light would turn back on after switching it on and off) and no matter what I did it wouldnt respond (including turning the hold switch on and off and holding down MENU and SELECT). But now it isnt coming back to life and I have tryied EVERYTHING on the apple website including letting battery drain for 48 hours, restoring, resetting it and uploading the newest update to it when it appears on my macbook. Could somebody please tell me weather I should send it in to get serviced because I only have one month left on the one year warrentry or is there another way to fix it. Thank you.

Yes, I would definitely send it in before the warranty expires.
You can arrange online service here.
Service request.

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1940779&#1940779
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