Weird grey screen - is my iPad dead?

[luckycharms]

Hi Folks,

Out of nowhere, the display of my iPad 2nd gen just died and displayed a weird grey screen with part of it moving.

http://imgur.com/SBjxQMf
http://imgur.com/rdDIpJU
http://imgur.com/A26vSOX

Is it dead? iTunes recognizes there's an iPad connected, but says that it cannot be identified properly.

thanks in advance.

UPDATE:

I smacked the back of the iPad a bit, and the screen wobbled around, and then it came to again. Is this a loose connector of some sort? Is this something I can resolve myself? I'm pretty handy with these kinds of things. Or, should I bring it to a technician? I don't see any screws on the ipad like i do on the iphone - maybe not so user servicable?

 

[s2mikey]

Sounds like there is a real hardware problem. You'd be best served to have apple look at it. They might give you a deal on a replacement or whatever.

The fact that smacking the back of it "helped" isn't a good sign.