Charge, fire wire and dock

hi, i've a problem, when i connect my 3rd genipod to the dock and then on sector, it turn the ipod on but it doesn't charge
when i connect it with firewire on the mac, it charges and appears on desktop.
i changed my battery for a newertech a month ago.
could soemone help me resolve this problem?

"i've a problem, when i connect my 3rd genipod to the dock and then on sector, it turn the ipod on but it doesn't charge
when i connect it with firewire on the mac, it charges and appears on desktop"
I don't know what you mean by "on sector".
However, just to clarify a point. You are aware that the iPod 3rd gen cannot charge via a usb connection only firewire?

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I admit I have never heard of IEEE 1396 before you posted it here.
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Rick, welcome to the forum.
There is no software necessary for Firewire (IEEE 1394a). The driver is installed with the OS.
Here is the Motherboard Specifictions page for the computer. It only shows that there is a Firewire (IEEE 1394a) port (# 11) in the Back I/O ports.
Here is an article that shows the comparison of speed of Firewire vs USB. Firewire was developed by Apple.
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