My ipod just stopped working.

hi. I got my ipod shuffle 2nd Generation a while ago and it had so far worked fine, until I connected it today and windows gave the "USB device cannot be recognized" error message. I updated Itunes (which was a hard thing to do in itself) but I still get the same message. I tried the 5R's but I can't get them done because the ipod doesn't show neither in Windows nor in itunes. Do i have to reset my ipod? replace it? (Windows suggests I replace it :P) It still plays the music inside it, but I don't think the battery charges or anything, because the orange lights blinks twice, I get the message and the light turns off completely.
I tried the Ipod in my laptop (to which i had connected it in the past) and got the same message. any suggestions?
PC   Windows XP Pro  

me too! My (3rd) shuffle was working fine (versions 1 & 2 went back to the shop as they didn't work!) until suddenly it stopped playing music. I thought the battery was dead, but when i go to recharge the orange light blinks 3x & nothing else. The Ipod is not recognised by either Itunes or as hardware attache, by 2 diff pc's...my only guess is that this 1 is broke too, and I WILL NOT be getting version 4, just my money back...

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