Connecting iPod to computer & getting "Do Not Disconnect" (not recognized)

I plug my iPod (40 gig, click wheel) into my computer and the screen goes to "Do Not Disconnect" and I can hear the hard drive turning. The problem is that it never pops up in iTunes and have tried to restore and since it keeps churning away on "Do Not Disconnect" it isn't recognizing the iPod.
I've read the forums and FAQs and I've seen similar issues but has anyone had this specific problem?
The iPod is trying to connect but never gets there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I plug my iPod (40 gig, click wheel) into my computer
and the screen goes to "Do Not Disconnect" and I can
hear the hard drive turning. The problem is that it
never pops up in iTunes and have tried to restore and
since it keeps churning away on "Do Not Disconnect"
it isn't recognizing the iPod.
I've read the forums and FAQs and I've seen similar
issues but has anyone had this specific problem?
The iPod is trying to connect but never gets there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have had this problem too and still do to this day - my computer won't recognize that the ipod is attached and basically just freezes up. Last time I loaded music from itunes, I found a very helpful post on this discussion board that told me how to change my USB speed from 2.0 to 1.1. After doing this, my computer recognized the ipod and I was able to load songs (of course it took forever but that is OK). However, I can no longer find the posting. Does anyone out there know how to do this?
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