Computer won't recognize iPod!

[Lazylou19]

When I connect my 3G 10MG iPod into my Mac G4 running in osX 10.2.8 it is not recognized by my computer. Just started all the sudden. It will still charge but I cannot get the computer or itunes to acknowledge the poor iPod's existence. I am stumped and don't know what to do. I read somewhere that reformatting the iPod to the factory software helps but since the darn computer won't recognize the iPod I cannot perform this task. Someone please help, I just want some new music!

[ulrichm]

Have you tried to log in as a different user and checked that the problem still exists?

[mnewman]

Hmm. Same thing happend to my room mate and me. Different iPods and different accounts on the same 17" iMac. All of a sudden the iPods wouldn't mount in iTunes. We ended up having to do a soft reset of each iPod and then all was well. Inquiries on this forum produced no replies.

[Lazylou19]

This also happens when I try connecting to my computer at work. Now my battery seems to be fried or something too, so I think I might be having bigger problems than I thought. Doesn't seem to be keeping a charge. Don't know if these two are somehow related or what the heck is going on. I have a connector that has the USB and firewire connector on it and just for kicks I connected with the USB, and my computer can recognize it that way but obviously does not charge through the USB, but when I connect through Firewire, nothing. This same thing happens on my G4 at work. ??? I am stumped.

[EMKoper]

Often times my iPod won't mount via firewire, but disconnecting my iSight "fixes" the problem. Unsure why this is, but has been happening since 10.2 on my PM G4 MDD. I have heard other have had a similar problem and was traced to the amount of power being drawn from the firewire ports... adding a powered firewire bridge was the solution for them.