Hangs iTunes unless using USB 1.1

I'd like to add my voice to the numerous problems on this forum with connecting and syncing the Shuffle with iTunes. While my Shuffle has been flaky as long as I can remember, it's pretty much unusable with iTunes 8.
In those moments of bliss when I can actually get the Shuffle to be recognized by the Mac, I've tried the dance of hard resetting the Shuffle, restoring it with the Reset Utility, erasing it on my MacBook and then erasing in on my G5, restarting the computer, resetting the PRAM, trashing com.apple.ipod.plist files, using different USB ports, and on and on.
Nothing will make this turkey work reliably. I'd say it fails at least 8-9 times out of 10 trying to connect and sync on this computer. I can't even change the settings without it hanging iTunes.
But wait ... it works fine, but slooooowly, when plugged into the USB 1.1 keyboard port. I'd dump this lemon for a nano, but I really like the small form factor.
Any other magic dance I can do?

I see the iTunes 8.0.1 update didn't do anything to correct this problem. I switched to USB 2.0 and copied over one podcast and it seemed to do so successfully. When I went to eject the Shuffle, it hung iTunes. When I got tired of waiting, I unplugged the shuffle and iTunes came back to life.
But then, my G5 spontaneously did a sleep/wake in about two seconds. The HP scanner software came to life thinking that I'd pressed a button on my scanner. Nope. So maybe the root cause is in the OS and the USB drivers?
Back to using USB 1.1.

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