8GB iPod Touch 2g unresponsive

Here's it the situation: a coworker of mine bought an 8GB iPod Touch 2g from a friend because it "wouldn't work". Then the coworker came to me to see if I could fix it. I asked if it had been jailbroken/dropped/etc. He said it hadn't been jailbroken, but he was pretty sure it had been dropped. After getting my hands on the iPod I have not noticed any evidence of it being dropped. Anyway...
My first action was to plug it in to the computer and let it charge. When I finally got home almost 12 hours later, nothing, not even warm. OK, let's try to restore it...nothing. Enter DFU mode? Nothing. Every solution I have seen to try, I have tried. Nothing is happening at all.
Is my only solution to make an appointment at the Genius Bar? If so, is it going to cost me anything since the iPod is out of warranty? It isn't my iPod, that's the only reason I am asking.

I have an older nano that iTunes can't see unless I reboot it while it's connected to iTunes. You could try that.
Otherwise one of these support articles might work
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1390?viewlocale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1495
Hope this helps.

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