2nd gen ipod shuffle cannot be seen in itunes

I've done everything in the troubleshooting guide; I know that both the USB ports work fine (have an iphone), I know that the software is up to date, that the ipod works fine, that it showed up in itunes 3 months ago and that everything else is in tact. It charges itself fine away from my macbook pro and plays fine but it doesn't exist when I plug it into my macbook pro. I also tried to reset it; did not work.. Please help??

Just bought a refurbished 2nd generation ipod
shuffle. I am running the very latest version of OS X
and iTunes on an iBook G3 600 mhz with the slower USB
ports, not 2.0 ports. The ipod mounts and is
regognized by itunes, but I cannot seem to register
the ipod from itunes, it always has an error message
when I submit to register (all forms are filled out
correctly). The registration window in iTunes shows
that this ipod is formatted for Windows (from the
previous owner I assume) and may be causing my
problems?
No. ALL shuffles are FAT32 format.
The other problem is that it will not sync and
transfer any music from itunes library. I am trying
to transfer simple mp3 files that should be compliant
with the ipod specs. No luck even after multiple
restarts on the ipod. Any help would be appreciated!
Thank you.
Try this: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305204

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and iTunes on an iBook G3 600 mhz with the slower USB
ports, not 2.0 ports. The ipod mounts and is
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problems?
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The other problem is that it will not sync and
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to transfer simple mp3 files that should be compliant
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