Xbox 360 Controller Problem

[PSYCHO KILLER]

I'm not sure if any of you have heard of this before, but immediately when I put a battery in my wireless 360 controller, all 4 lights turn on and stay on. When I try to bind it to my console, it keeps on flashing and does nothing.

So far I've tried:
1) Re-syncing the controller with the console (using the button on the top of the controller and on the console)
2) Changing the batteries.
3) Checking to see if there are any metallic objects blocking the wireless signal.
4) Checking to see if there is anything in the room that operates at the same frequency as the controller.
*note: the 4 lights appear even if I move the xbox or the controller out of the room so I doubt that it is either of these)
5) Emailing tech support. They told me to do the things I already did.

The controller is the one that came with my Xbox (purchased December 2006), and I have used the chatpad and microphone peripherals with it. I have probably dropped the controller a few times, but I was not even playing when it decided to crap out.

I'm guessing the wireless emitter within the controller crapped out, but is there a simple solution to this? Or am I fucked?

[Minato Arisato]

I would say contact Microsoft. See what they say. I had a power brick go wonky on me and they replaced it.

[thePJA of lmaonade]

Does it make the effort as if it's trying to sync? I've had a problem a couple times randomly where it somehow un-synced itself and when I tried to sync it up, it would sync but automatically unsync. After that I restarted my 360 and it was automatically synced. My guess is that probably isn't the solution but it could possibly be. Dropped it recently?