Updating to 4.2.1 has White Screened my Touch (3rd Gen)

I finally got tired of the IOS Update nag message and let iTunes do the update. I disconnected the touch after the sync and had to run out of the house. WHen I went to turn it on I was met with a white screen. Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas? I have reset it, resynced it, restored, DFU'd and restored all to no avail. And the IOS still says 4.2.1! How can I be sure that this was IOS induced or a hardware failure? I am beside myself with frustration.

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I decided to resync from a PC in work. I managed to set it up as a new phone and put on some podcasts no problem. So maybe the problem is with my itunes on my home PC ?
I might try to re-install it at home.
Good idea, but be aware that all media content will be erased again because you're syncing to a different iTunes library.
If you have things to keep, back up manually by right clicking on the phone in the device list and choosing "backup".
Make sure to have at least one contact and event set up on your PC to be able to merge your data during the first sync.
Purchases can be transferred by right clicking and choosing "transfer purchases" without the sync process.
See also this article about the content of your backup: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

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