Entire System Crashing while transferring songs to iPod

I run a 17" 1.5 GHz powerbook with 10.4.3. I recently bought a 60 gb 5th gen iPod. About 3 weeks ago I was adding a CD to my iPod. The entire system crashed, I wasn't sure of the problem. So, once i forcefully rebooted(all black screen, ..hold down the power button in 15 different languages..), I opened up itunes, checked to see if the songs actuallu transferred, they had not, so i went to transfer them again, after 5 songs...BOOM..another crash box.
Today, I was transferring a cd of 320kbps audio flies(Mozart) to it and it happened again. Can the iPod not handle multiple song transfers of high bit rate songs? Not sure why this is happening, has anyone else experienced this?
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I am in the same boat as you guys.
I have a 60 gig Black 5G iPod. Loaded primarily with video.
It is syncing to a 10.4.3 iMac G5.
I have been using the iPod trouble free for 2 weeks now. Syncing everyday, removing and adding video. No problems.
Last night I attempted to add a number of videos that would have filled up the device. Once I was syncing the last, or second to last, video and the counter in iTunes showed there was about a gig of space left available on the iPod I would get a Kernel Panic (grey screen, power button, 5 languages, telling me to restart).
This happened twice before I removed a handful of videos to keep the iPod from filling up. This seemed to relieve the problem and the iPod synced like normal.
Otherwise the iPod has been performing as expected, video playback is great, syncing otherwise is fine.
My panic.log is very similar to yours rdstuart
Wed Jan 4 00:18:10 2006
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00247294): BlockAllocateContig: allocation overflow on "Da vPod"
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00095698 0x00095BB0 0x0002683C 0x00247294 0x00246D8C 0x00245CC0 0x0022875C 0x000FBD60
0x000F5338 0x0027D238 0x0027D060 0x002A9BF4 0x000ABE30 0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3A854280)
PC=0x90053AEC; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0xE00FF000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x90B51504; R1=0xF0305B20; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.3.0: Mon Oct 3 20:04:04 PDT 2005; root:xnu-792.6.22.obj~2/RELEASE_PPC
So, a follow up question, anyone reading this thread completely (and I mean completely, save for a few megs) maxed out their 5th gen iPod? 30 or 60 gig qualifies as it seems to occur on both models.
Basically I am trying to determine the root of the problem. Is this a serious hardware problem which would warrant an exchange?
Or possible a problem/flaw in the database structure of the iPod that could be rectified via a firmware update?
Has anyone talked with Apple Tech Support about this issue?
My iPod is absolutely great otherwise, none of the many complaints others in the forum have had, and so if this is just a case of leaving a gig or so free on the iPod until a fix materializes so be it! I would rather avoid an unnecessary exchange if possible.
I just want to avoid major hardware issues downs the line naturally.
Thanks for your help and advice in advance.

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