IPhone hangs at Apple logo, and not recognized by pc

I've got the weirdest problem. My iPhone 3G is bricked. It will go on, display the apple logo, then display the round "budy" symbol and then hangs for 10 minutes and then it resets itself and starts over.
I tried to hook it up to my PC but it is not recognized, not by my PC nor by iTunes. The iPhone will charge when connected to the PC, but it's just not transmitting data.
I can get the iPhone in recovery mode. I turn on iTunes, then I hold the home button, slide the connector in while keeping the hold button down, and then the itunes logo with the cable and the arrow shows up. iTunes however does not recognize it. It is not shown in device manager either.
I can also get it into DFU (i think). I turn on iTunes. The phone is off, and connected via USB. I hold the power button for 3 seconds (it boots after 1), then press the hold button for 10 seconds (it goes off after 7) and then release the power button while holding the hold button. The iPhone is now in DFU mode (i think, as it does not respond to anything but a forced shutwodn with pwr+hold). Still the PC and iTunes do not recognize any device is connected. As if it is not even there, but the iPhone is being charged.
I can't restore it now, and I don't know what else I can try. Any suggestions?

You've done most everything there is to do, on that computer. Try it on another computer before regulating it to paperweight status. It's probably the hardware, but I've had them surprise me a time or two

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