My computer will not recognize my 3rd Gen iPod. What to do?

This just started acting up today. I am able to plug in the ipod to the firewire cable and get it to charge but the computer will not recognize it. It does not show up in iTunes or on My Computer. I have updated iTunes, accessed the device manager to stop and start the ipod service program (as stated in a FAQ), i have restarted my computer. All of these have not solved my problem. Does anyone else have any suggestion? Has this happened to anyone else and if so, how did you fix it. Thanks in advance for any help.
-Brian

I would like to just reformat the ipod if I could but it will not be recognized by the computer at all. Any ideas?

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