My ipod only works on my docking station. Any help would be great!

I have a 4GB ipod I got in Dec. and I got a docking station in May and I use them all the time. Well I left my ipod plugged into the docking station for a couple days, and it works fine on it, but when I tried to connect my ipod to my computer,it just blinked with an apple and a line over and over again. I tried turning it on to listen with my headphones and I got absolutely nothing, it did not turn on at all. I have tried everything that apple.com provided and nothing has worked so far, so anybody that might know how to fix this, please help!
Thanx

Hi Blane756,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has steps for a different issue, a gray screen at startup, that I think would still be worth trying for your freezing issues:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570
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