Water damage, should I consider it done?

This 32GB I was given seems to work, other than the digitizer. I followed the Electronics Water Damage Guide and here is what I got.

I gave it about a 30 minute bath in 91% IPA. Then hit it with a toothbrush. Followed by a cold hair dryer. I ordered a new digitizer from Am@zon that showed up today. Partially seated in on the case to hook up the ribbon cable. Restarted the iPod with Sleep + Home combo.

And it still does not work, same exact results as the original Apple digitizer.

Am I missing something here? Did I do something wrong? Or should I just suck it up and consider this thing toast?

I'm usually not one to give up this easy, but there are limited options as far as trying to repair myself.