Neither pc nor itunes recognizes ipod

so this thing worked for me a week back, i set it on manual because this nano cant hold my entire library. i loaded a 500 song playlist onto it and iv been listening to those for a week,,,,those 500 got old and when i went to sync different songs on it this happens.....
i connect the ipod to the usb cord,,,fine fine,,,windows makes a beep noise like it knows that i connected something...except the beep noise is a double instead of the classic single "dong" sound. the ipod does not make any change,,,like the "do not disconnect" message does not show up, just the regular menu.
the ipod doesnt show up in my windows explorer under my computer,,,nor does it show up in itunes.
iv tried all the classic ipod fixes,,,the 5 Rs,,,i didnt reinstall itunes but, itunes recognizes my other ipods. i cant restore the nano because it wont hok up to computer,,,, please any help is welcome and thank you

Start with these articles and see if that gets you anywhere...
iPod is not recognized properly by computer when USB drivers are not installed properly or are out of date
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136
iTunes for Windows: iTunes 7 doesn't recognize iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304434
iPod missing in "My Computer" or in iTunes for Windows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711
Also you might try forcing the iPod into disk mode first, then connecting it to your computer and see if that makes it show up in iTunes...
Putting iPod into Disk Mode
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
Windows confuses iPod with network drive or hard drive and may keep iPod from mounting or songs may seem to disappear
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493
Cheers,
Patrick

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