Ipod connects and disconnects automatically

... cant get it to stay connected. don't know why since it has been working perfectly fine until today. it is a recent buy though i've had it for about a week but i haven't had this problem in that time.
basically what happens is i plug it in, it automatically ejects it and it never shows up either on itunes or as hardware in itself on the computer.
can anyone help me out ?
Edit: also i don't know if this is of any extra help, but i have an ipod shuffle and that is still connecting fine.
Message was edited by: citronette

Hi!
I had the same problem and here's how I managed to fix it.
First of all, my iPod did connect and iTunes opended the iPod management screen after which the iPod disconnected itself instantly.
If this is the case with your iPod you should restore the Ipod using the management screen by
1. check the enable disk use box.
2. click on the Restore button. The program will start looking for an iPod to restore.
3. quickly reconnect your iPod to the computer and restoring will start.
This worked for me. If it doesn't function try to do the same with the iPod set to disk mode.

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