Classic 160GB iPod freezing whenever I connect it to my Laptop

Everytime I connect my iPod to my mac to sync freezes. Happens nearly everytime. I formatted it, did no good. iPod always will sync after I reset it, but this is frustrating. I have the classic 160GB. I think this started happening when I upgraded to Lion. =/

Which version of iTunes are you using?
What is the iPod software as shown on the iTunes summary page?
Before you sync your iPod, please recharge the battery for at least 2 hours.
Please try again, after you do a Hard Reset, connect it to a High Power USB2.0 port on the Mac body and not to any USB hub or Keyboard USB Port.
PS: the iPod Hardisk is a High Drain device, which needs a lot of power for the write operation, sometime it works fine, but it it doesn't have enough power to write, it will hang, as the power bus maybe be shared by other USB device, and when it hangs, it causes a USB resource deadlock, so everything freezes.
Of course if your Hardisk is dying, it also causes the freeze. Do the Disk Diagnostic as posted by tt2
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3110831?tstart=240
To check the health of your ipod hardisk.
Have a nice day!

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