80G Ipod not syncing properly - keeps freezing

I have an 80G Ipod and have been trying to sync it (in the same way as always) with Itunes version 7.4.1(2). I've never had any troubles before. A week ago i purchased songs from itunes. When i went to sync it itunes gets stuck at random songs when syncing. I don't get any errors and the bar at the top of the screen keeps scrolling as if it were syncing, however it keeps saying that it's still syncing the same song. It gets stuck on different songs. I've checked all the names, artists etc.. for characters and have fixed these. i've plugged it into another mac and it syncs perfectly. I haven't got any extra devices etc attached to the mac.
The only way to get out of it is to disconnect the ipod and force quit itunes. I've spent hours on the phone to apple today and we've tried: reset, restore, deleting itunes, downloading and installing a new version of it, wiping the ipod harddrive completely and restoring the software (..6 hours later... still no luck). I've just phoned apple again and apparently their having technical difficulties of their own and can't help me at the moment.
Does anyone have any ideas about how to fix it?

ok... i think i finally found the problem. There is a card reader attached to our imac. It's been connected for months and has never caused a problem. However, when i unplug the card reader and printer from the usb points my ipod syncs perfectly. There's no problem with the apple keyboard and external harddrive connected via firewire. Just the card reader and printer connected via USB.
Perhaps some changes made by apple in the last itunes update?

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To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
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iTunesHelper 7.1.1.5 is currently running.
Current user is an administrator.
Connected Storage Devices:
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DiskDrive, Apple iPod USB Device, Bus Type USB
DiskDrive, Maxtor OneTouch III USB Device, Bus Type USB
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Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2659. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265A. Device is working properly.
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The last connected iPod serial number: <removed by host>.
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