Click Wheel iPod appears in Finder; not iTunes.

I've had my click wheel iPod for more than 2 years now, and with the exception of all out dying on me about a year ago (the problem has been resolved), it has worked fine.
However now, all of a sudden after updating to iTunes 6.0.4, my iPod is not being mounted in the iTunes Source list. It appears in the Finder fine.
I have tried all USB ports, all Firewire ports, the 5Rs, running an older version of iTunes (6.0.2) and have tried the multiple tutorials located on the support page. NOTHING.
Does anyone have any ideas? Or will I have to bite the bullet and wait for Apple to get their act back together, and release a working 6.0.5 in the near (hopefully) future?

Hi Ryan,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
You may want to first try "The Five Rs".
Have you tried using FireWire?
Jon
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