My 4th Generation iPod Nano is dead. Support?

[Kenji Harima]

I own a legit 4th Generation Blue iPod Nano. I bought it for the 2008 Christmas. So now that it's been a year, its warranty is over.

But middle of the year (2009) One day I let a friend borrow it for 1 day. Next day I got it back, still working well. As soon as I connect it to my home computer, it dies. As in screen goes black, whole thing is off, None of the buttons work, try connecting it to my computer over and over but nothing works. It's just dead. I spent a good $199 on THIS? Anyways, So yeah that's the story, I'm sure it's a virus the kid's only in 4-5th grade. So now the iPod just stays at home. Lights don't turn on, nothing will get it going.

All help would be appreciated. I've come to this forum for maybe a D-I-Y fix before I go and get it fixed at my local Apple store or whatever.

If you need more explanation of things just ask

Thank you all.

You payed $199 which is an overcharge of the regular $169 and most likely it did shorten out.