ITouch flashing colors wildly, won't reset, help!

My friend's 1st gen iTouch suddenly started wildly flashing bars and rectangles of color when you turn it on. The only way to stop it is to do a reset (holding down the top and bottom buttons for awhile). Unfortunately, the same thing happens when you turn it on again. I posted a short video of it on youtube so you can see what it's doing. All suggestions greatly appreciated! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNwT4Q4u49o&fmt=18
Thanks, Gretchen

Ah, holding the home button for a very long time did eventually lead the Mac to recognize it. I did a full restore, and it is now recognized, BUT it's still flashing wildly!
I'm guessing it's just the Touch's video circuit that's fried because I can turn it on and swipe my finger across the screen as if I'm unlocking it, and I hear the faint unlocking click, but throughout all this the crazy patterns continue. I get slightly different patterns depending on what I do with the screen, but it's still frenetic patterns and colors.
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