Frozen on the Language screen

I saw this on an earlier post and replied to that one, but maybe someone will see this and have an idea...
20G clickwheel IPod stopped dead, I did the manual reset, reinstalled I-Tunes, reinstalled the newer I-Pod software, did the total restore, and all I get is the Language screen. There's no clicking, no picking, no response at all. I can still do the 2-button reset, but it just gets me back to the same thing.
Tried hooking up to another PC, no luck.
I understand the next thing to try is running down the battery, but how does one do that if the thing doesn't operate at all?
Oh, my computer sees the thing just fine, and reinstalled the tunes and everything. It just doesn't do anything.
I can't imagine the battery will ever run out.
Any ideas?
Thanks much.
Jess
PC Windows 2000 Dell

Same thing here. I tried all the things you can do yourself (reset, erase, replace OS). Then called apple. They probably will replace it under applecare (if you have it). Otherwise all you can do is the same. Sorry I couldn't give you better news.
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