Connecting IPOD causes screen to go blank and computer is locked

I am running Windows XP and have all software updates. I have updated to the latest version of Itunes. Every time I plug in my IPOD Nano, the Nano says do not disconnect and the computer locks up with a blank screen. This did not used to happen. Can someone help me out?
Frustrated in Florida

Thanks, jasonwryan. Adding nomodeset to the grub kernel load line allowed me to boot up and see the command prompt and log in.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log fromt the last boot attempt had this error message:
(EE) system-logid: failed to get session: PIC 245 does not belong to any known session
After studying the man page for Xorg.map, I added this file:
/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
allowed_users = anybody
needs_root_rights = no
That fixed the screen blanking problem and now I can boot up as before the big upgrade.

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+I tried various troubleshooting steps and each time when plugging the iPod in Itunes it starts up and it takes maybe 1 minute trying to recognize it when the computer crashes and reboots automatically going to the black screen and doing a file dump.+
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