Restore loop...

Hi all, i bought a 3GS spares or repairs off ebay as i could not afford a working one, it is stuck in the restore loop, i cannot get itunes to recognise it right.
I have spent the last few days trying to sort it out, i have tried;
Hard reset
DFU mode
tried diffrent ways of doing it, i do not know if it has been jailbroken in the past or not.
What options do i have? i cant afford to pay for repairs from apple, so i could do with a fix that i can do myself.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks

Heres an update, i managed to get iRecovery working using windows xp (i dont have access to a mac) and i keep getting something about gas empty or something like that (i dont have it up as i had to restart)
I quickly googled it and found out that it could possibly be something to do with the battery? when i goto itunes and do a restore there i get error 40.
putting 2 and 2 together i am guessing that it IS a hardware failure...
first thought is the battery, but would that cause this? the phone does seem to have a problem with power unless its something to stop restore mode being kep on the phone for hours.
Thanks

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