5th Gen 80GB is not being recognized by Windows/iTunes

Alright guys, here's my situation. My iPod has always worked fine. Today I plugged it in like I do every other day. When I plugged it in iTunes did not recognize it and then I got a Windows message that said "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and Windows cannot recognize it." I thought this was strange because NOTHING about my iPod/iTunes had changed whatsoever. Next, I was prompted to update to the latest version of iTunes so I thought, "Oh dummy, that was the problem, you had an old version of iTunes." Wrong. I updated iTunes and STILL no recognizing of my black beauty. Next I turned to the Apple website to see what it said. I tried all of the options except "restore" because I refuse to lose my collection on my iPod. I have also tried using a different USB port, but that wasn't the problem. Reminder: the iPod is not recognized under the Device manager. So now I turn to my brothers here to help me solve my problem.

Try a different cable and if that fails, see if it is recognised in another computer, if youre ipod is still within warranty send it back to apple, it may be the dock connector.
Good luck and welcome to the boards
Joe

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