There sevaral things to be considered when dealing with the IPod player not charging.
Model Number of the IPoD player.
First make sure the USB port on the computer is working and if your player can charge on a different computer.
Make sure the IPoD player is being recognized by the computer.
If your computer is running Windows 2000, there is a proper way of charging the player.
- Connect the iPod to the Windows 2000 computer. - Select the iPod in the Source pane in iTunes. - Click the Settings tab for the iPod. - Click the check box for "Enable Disk Use" (you may need to scroll down to see this setting). - Click Apply.