My iPad 1 will not communicate via USB to my Mac or PC

When I connect to my Mac, nothing appears in finder and nothing appears in iTunes
When I connect to my PC(win 7), it gives a little tone (same as all peripherals connected via USB), but it is not recognized and nothing appears in the explorer.
Here's what I've already tried:
- rebooting iPad
- restarting Mac
- restarting PC
- "troubleshooting" the unknown device in the control panel of PC
- factory restoring iPad (and then restored it from iCloud backup)
- tested the USB cable
Any other suggestions? Other than this the iPad is working fine.

Hi there,
It sounds like you have tried a few troubleshooting steps, but you may still find the article below helpful.
iOS: Troubleshooting USB connection
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1286
-Griff W.

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