IPod Classic auto ejects from iTunes after computer goes to sleep on Mountain Lion

I posted the following a few days ago in the Mountain Lion as I am suspecting the OS has something to do with it, but got no replies so I thought it might be good to post this here too in case this issue would be familiar to some of you.
I usually have both a 160gb iPod Classic (original) and a 16gb original iPod Touch plugged into my computer and connected to iTunes, so I can listen to tracks from the devices straight through iTunes. This has worked very well for years, but since upgrading to Mountain Lion, every time the computer wakes up after going to sleep when I haven't used it for a little while, iTunes ejects my iPod Classic, and I have to replug it, but it doesn't do it with the iPod Touch. This never used to happen before, and is a tad annoying when it happens recurringly through the day.
I have also noticed that, if the iPod is ejected, it seems to erase the play count for the tracks I was playing prior to the computer going to sleep. This is no major issue, but it seems a bit odd.
I initially thought that this was happening on my work iMac but not at home (both running the latest versions of Mountain Lion and iTunes), but it does in fact happen on both computers. This behaviour only started when I upgraded to ML, and although it could be a coincidence, I think it may have something to do with it.
I am using the latest version of iTunes.
Can anyone help with this please?
Thanks

Hi there,
Thank you for your reply, that's much appreciated. In a way it makes me feel slightly better to know that it's nothing to do with my iPod, although it is quite frustrating. Don't Apple QA their products before releasing them anymore? I've had quite a few issues with ML since installing it. I understand you get bugs with new products, but that would be one quite easy to identify I'd think. Oh well, I'll have to suffer this like everybody else until Apple get it sorted.
Once again, thank you.

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