IPod Nano not recognized on my MacBook Pro

I want to recharge my iPod - works fine on my 24" iMac, but on the laptop - it's not being recognized... it doesn't even show up on the desktop!
and - it's not charging...
help?!
thanks!

For whatever reason, this is happening to me as well. I'm suspecting something happened in the 10.5.1 update--this is the first time I've gone to charge since then. All was fine before with 10.5.
misterioso270: are you running 10.5 or 10.5.1?

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