IPod white screen of death... if I can even get it on.

So my iPod randomly decided to stop turning on. It does not respond to soft reset at all, and it does not respond when I try and connect it to a computer (I've tried three different ones). The only time it turns on, is in my iPod FM transmitter player in my car, and when I put it in that, I see a blank white screen, and I can't do anything in it. As soon as I take it off, it turns off again.
Any ideas?
This is my second iPod, got the first one replaced, but now I'm out of warranty, and I think it's ridiculous that I have to pay to see a fix when there's always SOMETHING wrong with this iPod.

I'm assuming it MIGHT be the cable, so I will try plugging it into a friend's wall adapter, but if anyone else has any other ideas, please let me know?

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