ITunes 7 killed my iPod!!??

My iPod suddenly started acting squirrelly after updating to iTunes 7... every time I connected it to my computer, it made iTunes freeze. I couldn't update it with some new music I had added to iTunes, so I went through the 5 Rs as described on Apple's support site. I got to the Restore stage, and I killed my iPod!
During the Restore process, my whole system froze. I was forced to shut down the computer and restart, and now all I get on my iPod is the apple logo and a spinning hard disk. I can restart it, but not shut it off. My computer won't recognize it at all. All I could do was let the battery run down, hard disk spinning all the way.
Has this been caused by the iTunes update? I've read LOTS of posts on this forum about sudden ipod problems after the update. Does Apple have any news/updates on this problem? If their update killed my iPod, what will they do about it?
Anyone else have an apple logo and nothing else? Any ideas to fix?
PS - It's a 3rd gen 30GB iPod... kind of older, but I do love it so! I'm going through withdrawals already...
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7) Intel chip
iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   Intel chip

I had same problem with mine. Where itunes would freeze, I never got to use my ipod cause I started right with the 7.0. Well, troubleshooted until I was ready to throw them and nothing worked. I got different messages when I plugged the ipod in. Sometimes I would get found new hardware, sometimes need to reboot for software to work properly, or found unknown device. It also would not show up on my computer..or rarely showed up as an f drive. I also got a message that said can not find drivers for this device.
Make sure you have a 2.0 usb port..this is needed not recommended as it states. I don't know if it's the software or what. If you have a 2.0, how old is it? I had a 2.0 and everything but ipod worked, when I bought a new 2.0 the ipod worked fine. I also have an 80 gig that I had same problem on and this solved it. Usb only costed me 20 bucks, but it solved the problem immediately.

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