Can't get ANYTHING to work!!  Help NEW to iPod

I bought an ipod nano off of ebay. nice deal, but of course battery life couldn't be guranteed. when unit arrived i didn't know how to turn on ,but i must have hit the correct button because it came on. i then had children issues and when i came back, ipod battery completely depleated. I have downloaded the current ipod software from apple and i have verified i do have a 2.0 usb on my computer. ipod doesnt charge, doesn't show up in ipod or my computer and when i try the update it doesn't hightlight for me to either click "update" or "restore" I have the original usb with it and i did just order a new battery yesterday. I did find out that the ipod is still under apple warrenty. What does anyone make of this. Any suggestions? If battery is depleated should it still be able to charge via the usb cable. I am new to this ipod so any help would be great!
thanks
Hope

Have you tried holding the MENU and SELECT (center) buttons until you see the Apple logo to reset it?

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