Possibly USB cable bad???

Hello All
I have searched for an hour or so now, and haven't found an identical problem, so hopefully someone can help me.
I have a 30GB IPOD video with a Windows XP computer. I loaded the ipod with music about 2 weeks ago and everything was fine. I can listen to the music and the ipod appears normal. I bought some new music and wanted to add it to the ipod. Now, when I plug the ipod into the computer nothing happens. The ipod charges, but makes no connection to the computer. I have tried all the usb ports on the computer as well as an external hub (the hub also has led lights that come on when a connection is made--no light).
I tried plugging it in using a firewire cable from my old IPOD and I get an error message saying something about firewire not supported for music download or something like that. I have tried plugging the ipod into my IBOOK but it doesn't notice it either. I tried an additonal windows computer as well with the same result.
I think my problem might be the usb cable, but the fact that the ipod charged while being plugged in is bothering me. I can listen to music both through the headphones or I can connect it to my car (I have the Harmon Kardron IPLAY and Drive). It works fine it just won't get recognized by a computer.
I can not update or reformat because IPOD Updater doesn't see the ipod connected. It doesn't show up in "MY Computer" or as a drive on the IBOOK. I have tried manually putting it into disk mode but that didn't do anything for me either.
Sorry for the long post, but can anyone shed some light on this for me????
Thanks

You might have a point, but in my case, if I only plug the cable, the computer says "USB power surge". That's weird. Also, when I try to connect to other computers (just to see at least if it appear as "New hardware detected"), the Ipod won't appear. Then my conclusion is that the cable is faulty because I have a wall mount charger and that works fine. So I'm trying tomorrow with the USB cable from a friend. Cross fingers.

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