Ipod never played, but loads songs

I got a shuffle from my bank and i opened it on my computer and loaded songs and everything seemed fine but it doesn't play. I tried turning up the volume, different headphones and whatever, still nothing. I updated and updated and decided to try and 'restore' it but now it won't even open in itunes anymore (though it did before). When i open the program to restore, I can't restore because it says 'please plug in an ipod' even though it's plugged in!!!
All it ever does on the computer is blink amber even if i leave it for 5 hours it's still blinking. Should i just mail it for the warranty and relieve myself? or is there something i can do?

accck. okay, there's definitely a blue screen lurking in the background of this. i pulled up this info on that Event at event ID:
System 1003
lets try setting up your PC to collect a minidump of the crash. then, if it happens again, send it through to the Apple Engineers for a look. (they may be able to determine from that what driver is causing the grief.)
To set up your machine to capture a minidump, right click on "My Computer", select "Properties", select the "Advanced" tab, select the "Startup and Recovery" Settings button, select "small memory dump" from the popup. When it crashes, look for the MiniDump file. It's usually in the folder "C:\WINDOWS\Minidump" and is called something like Mini<number>-<number>.dmp.
the next time the PC crashes like this, find that file and send it as an attachment to this email address.
in the email to Roy, be sure to include the following information:
- A link to the thread on Apple Discussions where the issue is being discussed
- The username you are using in the thread
- The version of iTunes you are using or trying to use
- the version of Windows you are using (mention service packs)
- A concise description of the issue you are seeing
- The exact text of the error message you are seeing

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