I am going to throw it against a wall soon....FILE with ! next to it!!

I use it everyday but have not for about a week or so.
I went to use it today and there was a file with at ! next to it or the apple...it would go back and forth.
I thought no biggie when I get home I will plug it into my PC and update.
Not working. I have updated the Itunes and Ipod fix from the ipod.com site. I have tried the restore by holding the menu and the middle button.
NOTHING is working. Just the apple with the file and the !
I have recently upgraded to a DSL modem. Do I need to get a new USB cord to plug into THAT instead of what I do know which is plug it into the USB in the front of my PC hardrive.
I just need help. I have been going over and over and OVER the ipod site and nothing is working.
It seems to be updating when I plug it into my PC with the USB cord it has the "Do Not Disconnect" but then it goes back to the apple then to the file with ! then to the Do Not Disconnect.
It is a regular 20G ipod I got it last April.
Also in my Itunes it no longer says MY IPOD on the far left.
Any help would be VERY VERY appreciated
Thanks.

Having similar issues a couple weeks ago and returning my ipod on one occasion, i did have many troubles that made me want to throw it out the window but. After doing the following it is now working better.
1. Get rid of the Januar 06 update (major problem for my computer and ipod with this new release)
2. Use a 1.0 USB connection to update to a prior version, I updated with the november version that was included in the box. For some reason the 2.0 crashed on me, the 1.0 is slower but works. (if yours works with 2.0 - good for you, did not for me)
3. When you connect to I-tunes for the 1st time do not allow the automatic update your firmware "cancel" and also I move the songs over in batches,i did not allow automatic syncros. - Guess this would be depending on how many songs your moving over( there seemed to be a problem moving over large volumes of data?)- Any time after I connect it is on automatic sync.
4. Now I a had at first issues with the system recognizing my I-pod so I changed the drive letter assigned. You may not have this problem
There has been alot of discussions in this forum about the new updater and the problems it has caused. I know for me it has been a major headache.
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