Ipod won't turn on/not recognized

i tried resetting it once... then the screen went blank.
after that i can't reset anymore and apple logo won't appear.
also, my computer cannot even recognize ipod anymore.
it worked fine for a few weeks and now i can't turn it on.
i tried 5R solution.. i can't restore it because either
the computer or itunes will recognize ipod connection.
can anyone help please? this is critical!

Put the iPod in disk mode, first connect it with a Mac, open the Disk Utility, hope you will see your iPod there, go to Tab "erase" and click Erase. Once it has been completed, open the iPod updater and click Restore.
Tips- Please switching around the PC and Mac, and try to do a Restore or Erase, do a several attempts as I did. Hope that finally, you will able to do a Restore to fix it.

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