R.I.P. To My iPod! 6.23.2005 - 2.13.2006. ***?

Last night, at 11:00 p.m., I was done listening to my iPod for the night and so I went to bed.
The iPod was charged about 70%.
Then I woke up, and at about 7:10 a.m., I went to go turn it on, and IT DIDN'T TURN ON?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
I plugged it into my computer and it didn't turn on!
I plugged it into my charger and it didn't turn on!
I did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO MY iPOD, AND IT'S GONE LIKE THE WIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hadn't plugged it into my computer since about last Thursday and/or Friday. I mean it was working fine all weekend. Today it just won't turn on?!?
I keep flicking the HOLD thing back and forth, back and forth, and nothing's happening!
Iz there anything I can do without returning it? I have a 3-year warrenty on it, but I mean, there must be something to do!!!!
REPLY BACK!!!!
HP Pavilion ze4500 Windows XP 30 GB iPod, Color

You might look through some other threads first because undoubtedly there is someone with the same problem. But specifically look for PC users with the problem. It seems to be that more and more Windows users have problems with their iPods than Mac users. I think though that the reset thing works pretty well. Try switching the hold button to on then off then hold down the Menu button and the center (Select) button on the click wheel for I think 10 seconds or so. That usually boots it right back up. I had to do that to my younger brothers iPod Nano when he first got it and it worked like a charm.

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Nope I have not figured anything out since I posted this. The closest answer I've found is that it's the internal USB controller which has gone bad. If that's the case than there is really nothing more I can do.
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