Continously flashing "Do Not Disconnect"

Many times that I try to connect my iPod, the computer will not recognize that it is connected but the "Do Not Disconnect" screen will keep flashing and never stops, I looked for help on this topic, and it told me to unplug it, and reboot it, I did what it said, and my iPod was fine. Again, I tried to transfer my new music onto my iPod and it did the same thing, is there any way that I can stop my iPod from flashing "Do Not Disconnect" continually and just transfer my music?

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Along with that, is everything updated?
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download
You may also want to try resetting while the iPod is plugged in...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705
Finally, this article offers some more ideas...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711
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