Older iPod dead after doing reset...

I have a second generation iPod nano. It's been working fine but I just plugged it in to charge, the apple logo came up as usual and it froze. I reset it by holding down the centre and menu buttons. The screen cleared but since then it's dead. there is no display even if connected to pc/power. Help?

Believe it or not sometimes it helps if you put it on a flat surface and then try and reset it. Make sure the hold switch is off and using TWO hands for this hold the menu button and the select (center) buttons down at the same time for about 10 - 15 seconds. Try that out.

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