Nano not being seen in Itunes

Hi there,
Hoping someone can help me with this before I finally give in and send this nano in.
I have a 4gig nano which I am connecting to windows. I have the latest itunes and the latest update to my nano.
Here's what's happening:
- When the nano connects to the computer, itunes launches, but the ipod doesn't show up in itunes.
- the nano shows under windows explorer
- the nano can be updated by the update software
I've tried the following:
- Reinstalling itunes
- Reinstalling the ipod service
- Resetting the ipod
- Reformating the nano via windows explorer
And here's the kicker...
I am able to connect another ipod nano with exactly the same software and specs (its just white instead of black) to the PC and have it work fine.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

My nano was doing this as well. I would connect it, itunes would launch, but the ipod was not showing up in the source list.
I resolved the issue by closing itunes the first time when it auto launched, resetting the ipod while connected to the computer, and letting itunes relaunch. usually the ipod was seen once itunes relaunched. If not I would shut itunes, reset the ipod again, and ipod would show under source list once it came back up.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705

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