My iMac 24" killed my iPod Nano

Recently my iMac froze while doing numerous things at once. It wasn't a normal kernel panic, as it didn't show the small grey box. I waited a while to see if whatever had caused the system to halt would resume, but nothing changed. I tried to Force Quit with the Cmd-Esc combo, but no avail. Soooo, I held down the power button and restarted. All seemed to be routine like after a kernel panic crash, but once I was rebooted I had an awful discovery. My iPod which had been mounted when the machine crashed, was no longer able to mount. It doesn't show up in iTunes, Disk Utility, on this Mac, any other Mac, or my PC. ALso, it will no longer shut off, so it stays on until the battery dies. I took it to a "genius" and was told it is broken and I should buy a new one (since it is out of warranty). I refuse to accept that it is "OK" to have an Apple iMac kill an Apple iPod. If anyone has any ideas as to how I might be able to restore this thing, let me know.

*Did you ever consider that possibly the reason your iMac froze was that your iPod died and hung the system?*
To add on to that, quite possibly, the iPod was trying to connect to the computer, and when the computer was turned off, it corrupted files on the iPod.
Kind of like unplugging an iPod (any one with a screen) when it says Do Not Disconnect.
Unfortunately since the Shuffle is out of warranty, it wouldn't be a free repair for the iPod, but the replacement isn't all that expensive ($49, I believe).

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I have tried the following:
Reset the iPod nano by holding the power button until the grey apple appeares
Restore the iPod nano from a PC running Windows XP (Which had no problems recognizing the device by the way)
Tried to connect with two different cables (Wich again both worked well with on the PC)
Updated iTunes to the newest version
Ugraded from Snow to Lion
Reset PRAM, NVRAM and SMC
Shouting
None of those has made any difference. What should I do next?
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The iPod is a nano, latest generation with the touch screen, Model no: A1366 EMC No: 2385. S/N: DCYFX08WDDW2

Reformatting will wipe out everything you synced to it. Check out the iPod nano (6th generation) - User Guide for reformatting instructions and other troubleshooting suggestions if you have not already done so.
Suggest that you do a search through Knowledge Base
Read the postings listed in the "More Like This" column over here: ---------------->
If you are still having problems after doing the above and in view of Apple Stores not replacing and/or charging you for repairs, strongly suggest that you call Apple Customer Relations @ 1-800-767-2775. Explain to them exactly what you stated in your postings.
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I think I killed my iPod Nano by trying to install iPodLinux on it.

Copied and pasted from my topic on GameFAQs message boards
So I tried to install iPodLinux on my iPod to play pong, watch videos, you know, all that stuff.
I went through the install fine, I set it to load the iPodLinux as default bootup or whatever. I unhooked the iPod and tried to boot it up, and it just brought me to a screen that said "www.apple.com/support/ipod" with a picture of a folder and a ! by it.
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Thanks to anyone who helps, and I'll promise never to mess with electronics ever again, because they always win.
Thanks!
What I tried
Okay, Update:
I go into My Computer to format it, and then I do this
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4430/uhoh7pu.jpg
As you can see, it didn't work.
I downloaded the the newest iPod Updater from Apple's site and it let me click Restore on it, which got my hopes up, then shattered them when it came up with "Can't mount iPod.".
I then also did what davidd said. Uninstalled the iPod software (not iTunes, just the other thing that was on the CD).
Plugged the Nano back in and tried to go to iPod updater and still, didn't work.
So it's still not working, anymore ideas?
Any other suggestions?
All above is copied and pasted from a topic on GameFAQs regarding this problem... why did I install iPodLinux? Well, I saw a topic on digg about it, and it said if it didn't work I could always just click the Restore button and restore everything, but if you read above, that's not an option or me anymore.
So, did trying to install iPodLinux on my Nano void my warrenty and I'll just have to live with it, or is there ANY way I can somehow restore it?
Thanks to anyone who helps me.
Windows XP

Wow, thank you so much!
Turns out there was a topic on the forums there with guy having same problem and they linked him to topics that saved his iPod too.
Thank you so much, it works now

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