Gray Screen Computer Not Recognizing

My Ipod Won't Even Turn On In General When It Is Not Plugged In To A Power Source, No Matter How Many Times I Try To Manually Reset It, But When I Do Plug It Into My Mac, The Screen Lights Up A Light Gray Color And Stays That Way, Yet My Mac Doesn't Recognize An Ipod Is Plugged In. It's like My Ipod Knows It's Plugged In But My Computer Doesn't. Any Suggestions?

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iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X

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