Restoring when the Touch isn't recognized by iTunes?

I have a 1st Gen 8GB Touch with water damage. It powered on and worked a little (no wifi, no sound, poor battery life, but I could use apps) for a week or so. In that time, I restored the iPod a number of times, hoping to fix something. Always restored with my personal back-up, too.
Now it's not working at all. When it has power, it just flashes a white screen. I've tried forcing it into recovery mode, but that didn't work.
I accept that it's toasted and just want to sell it for parts so I can buy a sweet new 2nd Gen.
Is there anyway to remove the personal data (address book, email accounts) if iTunes won't acknowledge the device and it won't power on? Or is all the data gone if it's just flashing a white screen?
Thanks for any help!

If you have iTunes 11 and are using the same cable that works with the 2G iPod.
- Try on another computer
- Inspect the dock connector on the iPod for bent or missing contacts, foreign material, corroded contacts, broken, missing or cracked plastic.
- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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