IPod nano not recognized on MacBook

I know this question is posted many times, but none of those recommendations seem to help me out...
I have a first generation iPod nano and run OS X 10.4.11 on a MacBook.
I have connected this iPod to this computer since I have owned the two (approx. 3 years) and both the disk and iTunes have recognized the device every time, until today...
The device does not display on either the desktop or in iTunes. I have tried the 5 R's (except restore, because one cannot restore without using iTunes, which the iPod won't connect to) with no success. I cannot archive and install because I do not have the original installation disk, but I really do no think this is a problem with the system. Everything else is working properly. I have the latest version of iTunes (7.7). I have two USB cords and have tried them both with no success. I have tried to use both USB ports with no success.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I have an actual 1st generation ipod and am having a similar problem. I had a windows based laptop, which my nano worked on. When I bought my iMac in December '07, I reformatted my ipod to use with my mac. After restoring my ipod, I added some songs and used it for a few days before I got a message telling me that I must restore my ipod. I don't know why the message appeared, but I connected my ipod and restored it again. After that, however, my Mac no longer recognized my ipod in Disk Utility, iTunes, or Finder. I've tried using other Macs, no luck, Windows computers (which actually recognize that something is connected, but it doesn't know what), but nothing seems to work. My ipod turns on fine, I can do everything except add/remove music. It will charge if I plug it in, the entire menu system works. I've done the all the tests in Diagnostic mode and everything seems to be fine, but it still doesn't work. >.< Oh, I've also tried putting it in disk mode, but that doesn't assist in it being recognized either.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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