I have had a smilier prob with my 2nd gen 32 gig. also i had tried the fix you have here it went in to a looping mode until the battery went dead. I have had it plugged into my mac for the last month and the best i got so far is it is no longer looping but I do have the red battery an that is as far as it gets
The option that I can see is to be able to plug in a second monitor and or connect it to the TV for a nice large screen
There should be a total of 8 that have to be removed the 8th one has a small triangle pointed at it on the right side of the left radiator frame