[X4U] iPod dead - help!!

[Peter Payne]

I am so bummed. I formatted my Mac-formatted iPod (3G, 40 gig) as a 
PC drive so I could copy some files over to my mother's PC. I thought 
I'd keep it in Windows format for convenience, but got frustrated 
with filenames like "Icon" being illegal as far as the Windows format 
went, so I formatted it back to Mac, with Disk Utility. It went fine 
and I copied over 10 gig of files -- all was well.

Lo and behold, my iPod decided to die when I unplugged it. Now all 
that happens is, the iPod shows the Apple screen as it makes several 
chunking noises. I've tried resetting it (holding menu and play) but 
it rarely resets, and usually just sits there -- at no time will it 
mount or show the iPod menu or play music. I can't run Apple's reset 
utility because it won't ever mount on the computer (Mac or PC).

So...does anyone have any suggestions for me? Is there a "super 
reset" that I don't know about? (I did take it in to the Apple Genius 
but he was at a loss.) Will taking it apart and twiddling help? The 
drive was never dropped so I'm surprised if it really crashed -- all 
I did was format it as a Mac volume.

Thanks in advance for anything you can suggest.
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