Apple TV keeps restarting/rebooting in an almost endless loop

So this is the second ATV I have setup in the last two weeks. All iTunes/Mac OS software is up to date. ATV comes installed with 2.4. I have been able to set it up, stream, sync, control with Remote, etc. However this time the problem occurred about four days into it running smoothly as opposed to one day last time. My problem is it just sits in an endless rebooting loop. I see the Apple, then the menu in which it is frozen for about 5 seconds, then the apple, etc. Anyone else having this problem? Two units, the same problem in two weeks, I can't be the only one right? Thanks in advance for the help.

One more update and it just gets weirder. So I perform a factory restore yesterday and go through the motions and everything works fine just as it did before. This morning I get up and the screen saver is working with all the pictures I have synced to ATV, I am able to view the moves I have synced to ATV. However when I try to play the music that is streaming from my iMac over the wired network it is all connected to, I get a message saying 'Apple Tv cannot play the selected song'. It happens like this with all songs. So, I put the ATV in standby, unplug ATV from the wall, replug it in and voila, we are in the endless reboot/restarting cycle again. Same thing happened the first time this unit failed. I get the cannot play message, I put it in standby, unplug it and then the reboot/restarting cycle happens again. Same thing happened the first time this unit failed. I get the cannot play message, I put it in standby, unplug it and then the reboot/restarting cycle happens again.Same thing happened the first time this unit failed. I get the cannot play message, I put it in standby, unplug it and then the reboot/restarting cycle happens again.Same thing happened the first time this unit failed. I get the cannot play message, I put it in standby, unplug it and then the reboot/restarting cycle happens again.Same thing happened the first time this unit failed. I get the cannot play message, I put it in standby, unplug it and then the reboot/restarting cycle happens again.................................................................

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