IPod - Heat v AC?

I have a click-wheel iPod, for a little more than a year (so no warranty help). I plug it into my laptop (multiple USB ports) to try to update it. It won't recognize the iPod. I looked around the forums, and a lot of people are having the same problems.
I keep hearing clicking sounds when it's plugged into the USB. It says "Do not disconnect". Also, after like 3 minutes, something finally shows up on my My Computer screen - "Removable F:" but I can't right click or else the Windows Explorer screen will freeze. No drop down menu, either. After 2 minutes, before the "Removable F" shows up on the My Computer screen, an "Autoplay" box shows up, and the bar is going left to right, etc multiple times. But it doesn't say what it's for, and it has to be for the iPod because at the time I didn't have anything else plugged in. After that, nothing happens. I can play the iPod just fine. But, before I was playing selective songs, and it wouldn't play, then skip to the next song or the next one after that. But I think that's because of the heat, because when I went to a AC filled room, it played those songs without a problem. Though, I'm not entirely too sure. It will still charge, too.
It doesn't show up on iTunes, and iPod restore doesn't work. It won't even recognize it. I downloaded the latest softwares for both programs, and it won't show. I haven't dropped it or anything.
I don't care if I lose the data on the iPod, I just want it back, up and running again. Any suggestions?
Also, another quick thing, I had sent my laptop in for warranty repair, they just replaced the fan and heatsink, and the reformatted, etc... Could that be why the iPod is not recognized? I mean, it shouldn't cause I've reformatted millions of times, then was able to get the iPod to be recognized later on. It already came with preinstalled iTunes, but I got that updated to the latest version. I also tried other iPod software programs, but those didn't even recognize it either.
I'm on Win XP.

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