Possible dead ipod, quite old, need help

right, i got my ipod 3rd gen nano for xmas 2007 and it has benn through a lot. like i lost it for 6 moths then found it again - worked fine, used almost every night to help me get to sleep(when it was lost i used a pocket FM radio) and all through the day. the last time i can knowingly say it was working fine was 4.00 am this moring as that was the time i went to bed (night out). i notced this afternoon when i woke up that it was out of charge(a common thing to happen) with a blank screen. i put it on a dockign station and nothing happened, i then went to put it on the USB cable and charge it via my pc. it was connected my pc completely in use and it wasnt acceping it. upon closer inspection i noticed that part of the screen was faintly flashin on and off with sometimes the apple reset/loading logo and sometimes a the thinest black line that each tim would flash on would move slightly. i wondered if at first that it was just my screen that was broken, so i plugged in my earphones to try and play music, and to my surprise and dismay a kind of swirling windy noise could be heard with a click, like the end of a vinly record that had a lock groove. im not sure if its due to age of the ipod but in all of its long life (nearly 6 years) or if they would just break like that within a mater of hours, but any help would be much apriciated as i dont have the money to buy a new ipod at this time in the month

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