IPod nano refuses to do anything

My 2gb iPod nano is stuck/frozen and refuses to do anything.
When I first got it, there was some power in the battery and I was able to turn it on, open and use features, turn it off, etc. At that point, I had not uploaded any songs to it. The next time I had turned it on, it indicated that power was low and it needed to be charged. I connected it to my computer, left it alone to charge and since then, it is locked (little lock symbol at the top of the iPod screen) and refuses to do anything.
I believe it got this way because of two reasons:
1) My computer is equiped with a USB 1.0 port only (not the recommended 2.0. I wish I had realised this earlier)
2) My computer went to sleep during the charging process (again, I wish apple had made it more apparent/made a special warning that I should've disabled the sleep mode prior to charging)
I have tried the "Five R's" as recommended (especially "Restoring" with the latest updater and "Reinstalling" iTunes), I have read some of the posts here in this forum about re-naming the drive letter of this device (which actually is not listed in my Disk Manager as it said it should have been). And none of these procedures work. My iPod continues to be locked, whether it is connected to the computer (during which I can download music to it, but cannot play them with the earphones), or if I eject it from iTunes/my computer.
What can I do to unlock it from this point (please go easy on me, I'm not an advanced computer programer/engineer).
Thank you,
Peter
HP ze4115 laptop Windows XP

No not a dumb question and yes, I did check that (did the resetting procedure: toggle Hold on and off, press the Menu and Select buttons for 6 sec +...).
Turns out this problem is not software related. I had a tech-rep at Bestbuy look at it and came back to say that the click wheel is non-functioning and possibly fried.
So, off for warranty repairs it goes...

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