3G iPod - No Display on iPod but being recogonized in iTunes

Hi All,
Seems like my iPod is sick!
The screen is not working (no display) but it is being recognised in iTunes.
I have restored original settings but I have the same problem.
Any ideas welcome.
Thanks
PC   Windows XP  

I tried hooking the iPod to the MacBook and it worked like a charm. I then moved the iPod back to the eMac and I still had the same problem. At my whits end I decided to zap the PRAM with the Command-Option-P-R trick and to my surprise the iPod launched iTunes and started syncing when I restarted the eMac.
I had no reason to think that there could be a problem with the PRAM as I did not have any other problems but it does seem to have been the problem.

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