IPhone 3GS won't show up in iTunes

Today, I upgraded my iPhone 3GS to the golden master version of the developer preview of iOS 4.3. After I updated, I opened iTunes (10.2.1), but it wouldn't show up, no matter how many times I unplugged it and plugged it back in. My first-gen iPad (also running the golden master of 4.3) wouldn't work either. I don't know what to do.
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