Getting the ipod to work on a Mac after being formated for a PC

Question

I just received a 60g video ipod for christmas. I ran it first on my parents PC. It worked great. I was able to copy songs and even use the ipod as a portable HD. Then I took it home, plugged it into my PowerPC G4 and nothing happend. It wouldn't show up in itunes, or on my desktop. Then I used the ipod updater from 11-17. It wouldn't recognize my ipod being plugged in. I then went into itunes prefrences and it said "no ipod connected" and when i try to run itunes with the ipod connected itunes just freezes until i unplug it.
I have a PCI slot USB 2.0 that i plugged it into. (i even tried the 1.0 just to see if it would at least read) I tried everything. I know it should be able to at least read the ipod even if it's formated for the PC. but it doesn't. The weird part is the ipod says "Do not disconnect" when i plug it into the machine. So the ipod is reading the usb cable.
i later took it to my friends, house who has a PC, and was able to format the ipod. but when i brought it back home it still won't work. i am sooo frustrated right now. i don't know what to do except throw this thing against the wall. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
Dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Answer 1

I tried replying to this message earlier but it never appeared. Thats probably a good thing since I think I finally found a solution.
I was having the exact same problem as kriutta (pc to mac, powermac g4, pci usb 2.0 card).
Since my Mac wouldn't let me format the iPod, I took it to the Apple Store and had one of the techs there format it on a new Mac in the store. I brought it home and this allowed iTunes to see the iPod.
I still had another problem that I couldn't format the iPod using the iPod Updater, the icon for the iPod was for my old 3G iPod and iTunes wouldn't let me transfer photos or videos (no tabs in preferences).
To fix these problems I deleted /System/Library/Extensions/iPodDriver.kext and replaced it with the newest version from the iTunes 6.0.3 package. I then ran disk utility to fix permissions and rebooted. It worked!
iPod Updater works, iTunes shows the right 5G icon, I can transfer my videos and it's right now transfering my Photos.
One last thing....some of those PCI USB 2.0 cards are crap. I've heard that the Belkin one works the best but a lot of them aren't supported by Apple's USB drivers (even though they say they're Mac compatible). So be careful that the USB 2.0 card you're using is a good one.
I hope this helps.