I got a fake 16GB iPod clone that has worked fine as a 2GB player after reformating it in Linux.
But it suddenly it died while charging. I opened it up and fiddled with the memory chip to reset it and it came back to life with its firmware and memory contents intact (so it didn't empty the memory as it should have done). I was happy and started to reassemble the player but I managed to break off the reset button on the top of it. After that it's completely dead. Nothing happens when I connect it to PC, the computer won't recognize it nor will the player charge or anything.
Is there still some hope?
I don't have a camera to post pictures, but user son1x has the same model so I'll use his pictures:
