USB not recognised, or doesn;t regester at all

ok, so my iPod nano 2nd gen hasn't had a problem till now basically i plug it in and rather than opening itunes and syncing it either does nothing at all or comes up with the "USB device not recognised" message, i've updated all the drivers and still nothing
whats interesting is my actual USB ports dont seem to realise that they are infact USB 2.0 (when it did work it would say 'this device can perform faster...' no matter what port i used
The USB 2.0 thing might be related, but i just want the ipod to be able to sync and i really cant figure this one out
Please Help
Cheers

Welcome to the discussions,
did you try to reset the phone by holding the sleep and home button until the Apple logo comes up?
Does this happen when in headset mode?
A restore would be the next step if the reset does not work.
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