Itpod touch screen turns blue and then white and wont turn on

all of a sudden my screen went white and then blue and unable to turn on my ipod touch.Tried again and it started going black and red vertically . then the screen stays blue. have tried to restore 3 times know. nothing has worked?what wlse should i do.

start up from the System DVD and use the disk utility app from the utilities menu at top of screen before the system installation. Repair the disk and permissions (will only repair permissions for Apple software, not third party, but it'll address the system components which may need it)
If that doesn't fix it, then boot up from the DVD again and this time reinstall the System software (be sure to check the options to keep user so you don't overwrite all your personal data).
Another option is to restore your entire system from a time machine backup that was made when your computer was working fine (ie: the day before this started). Problem eradicated.
This assumes you have an external hard drive set as backup disc and are using time machine. If you aren't, you should be.
Also, for the moment, remove all items from the auto- startup-at-login list in accounts prefs.
Also remove all hardware peripheral devices except the power supply and assess whether the issue still exists when nothing extra is plugged in. Temporarily turn off the airport card and bluetooth too for the same test. If no change when all these things are disconnected or turned off, then you will have narrowed down the issue considerably and reinstalling the system software will probably do the trick

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