Restoring my phone

[Lost My Mind]

My phone locked up recently. I'm on alltel, I have WM 6.1 official rom. It completely locked up on me. I couldn't get past the green WM 6.1 boot-up screen.

I pressed call, end, power, and the little little tiny button you need a pen to push. That gave me a reset. I wasnt worried about loosing my contacts, because I charge using my computer, which in turn autoactivates active-sync and backs them up.

They are still on my computer. I can see them. My computer won't properly connect now using activesync.

The problem only happened after my phone needed to be reset. I did restart my phone, and I also tried with Settings>Connections> Usb to PC> there was a checkbox with an option about advanced connection (or something to that effect), tried that box both checked and unchecked.

Somewhere on the internet it said to delete the mobile device from the PC's activesync, but when I tried, it warned doing so would delete my backed up info, including contacts. So I cancelled.

What should I do to get activesync to recognize my phone again???