Help iphone not being recognised by pc

hi anyone who can help.been trying for 4 days to find an answer on internet as to y my iphone 3gs will no longer connect to my pc let alone show up in itunes .i know it cant be my phone as i tried it on another laptop .ive tried all the usual fixes that are listed .different cable ,all my usb ports,the misconfig support thing ,device manager not even showing up as a question mark ,nothing as if its not plugged in it worked last week ,no new software installed ,phone not jailbroken so what the **** do i do cheers if any one can help im tearing what little hair i have out x

Follow the directions here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1495

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