Click wheel iPods trigger error message

let me just start this off by saying I'm on my 2nd click wheel iPod right now. my first one, as well as it's replacement, kept triggering this error in iTunes whenever transferring songs to them.
my replacement one did this right out of the box, at least with my original I got a few months out of it before it started throwing errors at me and freezing my G5. just a few days ago, the replacement one totally restored itself. it kept skipping & freezing between tracks, so I did a "soft reset", turns out it was a reformat with a nice little error icon that told me to visit Apple's support site.
as a test, I plugged my sister's iPod nano in and dropped a bunch of music onto it, works perfectly. I also have not had any issues with my Shuffle. I recently asked my friend who has a PowerBook and a 5th gen iPod and he's never had any problems. is it just me, or does anyone else have a click wheel iPod that doesn't play well with a newer system?
I've done all that I think I possibly can without actually taking the thing apart. I have all the latest software, updaters, etc. I've restored with DU, so what's the deal Apple? why is the death toll on these click wheel units so high? what causes them to completely lock up your dual-core dream machines?
anyone who's experienced anything similar, or would just like to vent, please feel free.
Dual-core PowerMAC G5 2.0ghz 2mb RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7)

yes I have, and thank you for the suggestion. I have all the latest software on both...the iPod itself has been restored, and my machine has been updated via SU. I can't think of any program on my machine that would interfere with iTunes. I do not run any antivirus or spyware programs. I also repair disk permissions regularly on my machine, especially after any software update.
what leads me to believe that the replacement iPod is bad is that my iPod Shuffle and sister's iPod Nano both worked flawlessly when I tested them. my original iPod that I sent back never acted up, I was able to add 3000 songs to it without any freezing or errors of any kind. it was about a year into having it that I started experiencing problems with it freezing my machine and spewing error messages. then the dreaded "grinding" noise that you never want to hear come from any drive began to become an everyday occurrence. this replacement iPod isn't even 6 months old, which leads me to believe that Apple slapped me with a refurb. if that's the case I am very disappointed.
Dual-core PwrPC 2.0ghz G5 2mb RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

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