IPOD not showing up in WINDOWS XP

I have the old 10gig IPOD(non click wheel), it's about 3 or 4yrs old now. For some reason, when I plug it into my computer via firewire, it won't show up in windows, my computer or at all or itunes. It has worked in the past, but all of a sudden it stopped in the past few months. It's frustrating!!! I've reset it, put it in disk mode and it still doesn't solve the problems...anybody have any ideas? Thanks
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hmmmm. it might be worth checking to see if your Windows is happy with your FireWire card at the moment:
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