My iPod Classic 6th gen won't charge on wall charger and it's not even recognized on iMac or Windows

Hi! I hope someone can help me with this. I have had this 160 Gigs iPod Classic for a couple of years now and never had this problem before. I have tried to connect my iPod with several cables (which work fine with my iPod Touch and iPhone, by the way), two wall chargers, 2 windows computers  and an iMac and none of them recognize my iPod anymore, it doesn't even appear in Disk Mode.  I have also reseted it several times and still nothing.
It's was working fine but it ran out of battery now so it just says "Connect to Power" when I try to turn it on. What else can I do?

The iPod itself has bent pins or the cable?
If the connection on the doc connection inside the iPod is bent you'll need to get that part replaced.
Indeed that problem would lead to a false indication and give you the problems you just mentioned above.
Can you take a picture of the connector and upload it here?
I've repaired many iPod classics so, I think I can help you out. !!!

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