IPod won't power on

4th gen (40Gb). Never had any problems until last night. iPod had been fully charged from mains. Connected to PC expecting to tansfer around 40 tracks from recently ripped CDs. On connection was asked if I wanted to update iPod. I refused, fired up iTunes, was asked again, refused and then watched iTunes transfer nearly 2000 tracks! Thought I'd let it do its thing. Anyway, at the end of the process I disconnected but as soon as the iPod is undocked it powers off and will not wake. Placing it back in the dock and connecting to power (PC or mains) wakes it up. All the music appears to be there. My questions are:
1) Why the sudden massive download of tracks ?
2) Why won't it work when disconnected ?
3) How do I fix this (maybe run the updater) ?
It's almost as if the iPod is refusing to believe that it is charged ?

Me too as from today, just before I leave the country to travel and will depend upon the IPod to transfer photo's etc...
Anyway, 4th gen (40gb)... Works in dock, all music is there, but as soon as I remove it from the dock it turns off. The reset doesn't bring it to life (play+menu), only replacing it in the dock/connecting to mains...
Never had this before. Did upgrade to 3.1 (2005-10-12) a couple of days ago, wonder if it has any relevance?
So basically my IPod is pretty useless at the mo - HELP!
Connecting it to a PC USB port doesn't let it turn on neither, so I can't reset/format etc...

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