Only grey screen on my ipod nano, but iTunes still recognizes and syncs it. What can I do?

... and all of a sudden it went off. I recharged it, iTunes did recognize it, but no screen but grey. no apple logo when I turn it on or off.
What happened or even more important, what can I do to reactivate, to make it work again?

I would first try a hard reset of the device, to clear up the possibility of any sort of temporary software glitch. To do this, press and hold both the Select (Center) and Menu buttons togehter long enough for the Apple logo to appear. If it's a 6G Nano, hold the Sleep/Wake and Volume down buttons together long enough for the Apple logo to appear.
Otherwise, since iTunes still recognizes the device, perform a full restore. This will wipe all content from the device, reset all settings back to their defaults, as well as a load a fresh copy of the Nano's firmware onto the device.
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