Nothing on my nano screen

I was just listening to my ipod and all of a sudden the screen faded away and now it's just white. I've restarted it several times and nothing happened, and I tried to download the restore program but it didn't work, so not I'm left with an ipod that can play music and update, but has no visible screen.
I can only think of two things I did that could have messed with it: a couple of months ago I painted some designs on the front and back with nail polish (but I didn't paint near any openings and it has been working for a long time with no problems), and I was in the bathroom when the screen suddenly stopped, which leads me to believe that I might have gotten water on it or something (even though I have gotten water on it before without any problems).
I just got this ipod in October after my first one got stolen, so I really don't want to have to buy a new one. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what can be done?
  Windows XP  

Hi Flyurflii,
Welcome to Apple Discussoins
Have you tried just letting your computers battery fully drain, and then recharge it completely? This works sometimes when it is frozen and nothing else works. After you do that I suggest looking at Knowledge Base Document #60983, which has instructions on Restoring iPod to Factory Settings. That is part of the major troubleshooting guide,"The Five Rs". Let us know what happens, and we can go from there
I hope that helps,
Jon
PS Draining your battery and then recharging it completely make some time. Let it sit for a bit. Another thing you should know is, I believe you voided any warranties that might be outstanding due to your "hack" (painting).

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