IPod does not charge nor shows up in Windows or iTunes

I bought a iPod nano 2Gb two days ago. After some trouble shooting I got it to work and was able to get some music on the iPod. After using the iPod yesterday I wanted to recharge the battery.
Since the computer was still on I reconnected the iPod the same it was connected when I synced it. This time however the iPod was not recognised by Windows or iTunes nor does it recharge.
So far I've tried:
- reset the iPod;
- restart the computer;
- reboot the USB drivers;
- re-install iTunes;
- restart iPod service on computer.
So far nothing worked. Can anyone help me??

Yesterday I tried to completly deplete the battery so now the iPod really doesn't do anything since it does not want to charge via the usb.
Before depleting the battery I tried forcing the iPod in disk-mode and then connect it to the PC. Results, nothing happened when connecting the iPod...
This evening I'll try the suggestion of adding usbstor.sys and usbsor.inf and restart the pc and see if that works. (link to that suggestion: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=785480&tstart=30)
If that fails I think I'll just return the iPod and see if I can get my money back. It only worked once since I got it three days ago.....
Still open to suggestions if anyone got some.
Message was edited by: wilbertvn
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