IPod touch locked and can't restore - help!

My 9 yr old son decided to reset his passcode today and must have put the new password in incorrectly both times (as it was 'cat' so easy to remember) and now he has locked his iPod. Unfortunately, the computer used to set up/sync his iPod was my laptop and it died last week. I have since had it rebuilt, but now iTunes won't recognise the iPod so I can't restore the factory settings. What can I try next? It's 11.30pm in Australia so if I have to go back to the business that rebuilt the laptop it will have to wait until tomorrow.
Any suggestions? Thx..

Hi,
Try here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808.
Hope this helps!
---likeabird---

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