Doesn't appear in My Computer or iTunes but still charges?

About six months ago I purchased a 4GB iPod Nano (3rd Generation). It has worked for me perfectly until the past week.
I hook my USB cable up, plug in my iPod, and it dings multiple times instead of just once like it used too. It is no longer showing up in iTunes or My Computer, although it does charge.
I first thought it to be a faulty cable, so I borrowed my friends, same thing happened.
I then thought a faulty port, so I tried my three other ports and still nothing.
I think there may be something wrong with my iPod because I hooked up my cousin's iPod up with my cable and it worked perfectly fine, it showed up in My Computer and iTunes, unlike my iPod.
Any suggestions, tutorials, just anything would be greatly appreciated!

Ok.
Try connecting the iPod to the computer, and then when the iPod shows "Do Not Disconnect", reset the iPod while it is connected to the computer...
Reset iPod
Leave it connected while it boots up and then see if Windows recognizes it. See if that does the trick.
Also, make sure you've gone through these steps...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493
Finally, try reinstalling iTunes (and restarting your computer after)...
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
When it installs, make sure there aren't any funny error messages or anything like that.
btabz

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