My ipod is not detected on windows or itunes. My little Brothers does!

My whole fam just got ipod nanos for christmas... It was cool. Until mine just died. I plugged it into the computer to charge it, and it didnt work. Spent forever trying to figure it out. Later we got a wall charger and it charged perfectly. My sister put music on hers about 6 hours ago, but now hers is doing the same thing as mine! not being detected, or getting charged by computer, or even being found as a storage device. I am Baffled. If i dont find out i will go to the apple store, but i had my ipod engraved and i dont want to get a new one...
I know its not the usb ports because i just tried my little brothers and his works fine. Is it an Ipod Deffect? or What?

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