Mini won't connect. NOTHING works.

Ok here's the scoop. I've tried everything to get my computer to acknowledge the existance of my iPod mini. Nothing works including:
reset.
restart.
restore/update not allowed because it can't read the mini.
reinstalling. both ipod and itunes software.
disk mode. can't get that to work on the ipod. press 'select' and 'play' and get a blank screen. then the 'charging' icon
disk utility. ipod does not show up here.
you name it, i've tried it. the firewire connection seems like it's ok, because the ipod charges when plugged into the computer or to the AC, but the computer refuses to read it. help.

I plugged in the USB cable and it works. However, why would the firewire cable not read on the desktop or anywhere else on the computer, yet still charge the Ipod? If it was defective, shouldn't it not work at all?

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