Screen turns black and freezes up on my nano.

I have a 2nd gen nano. When I turn it on at first everything is okay. Then if I turn it off and turn it back on again the screen flickers and then turns black (still illuminated though). I have to hold the menu and center button at the same time until it resets. I've done all of the troubleshooting including restoring it back to factory settings and it still is doing this. Anybody know how to fix this? TIA!

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