New battery, now won't recognize ipod on computer...

so i've got this 4th gen. ipod (30gig) and i replaced that battery myself.
everything went well.
it works, it plays, it WAS connecting to computer (via it's firewire cable).
but, all of a sudden, it stopped connecting to ANY computer.
it charges when plugged into a firewire outlet (i get the charging battery icon on the ipod), but no computer will recognize it to transfer music...
it plays with headphones. it plays in a bose dock, but no computers.
i went thru the '5 steps', resored, reset, everything.
any ideas?
thanks for any help.

Well I finally fixed my problem, I dropped itunes and have started using MediaMonkey http://www.mediamonkey.com/ which comes with ipod support that actually works(unlike my itunes).
http://www.mediamonkey.com/device-plugins.htm

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