IPod Firmware Update - Password Problem

Hi.
I plugged in iPod last night and iTunes told me I had a Firmware Update waiting for me to download. So I tried to do this.
It then showed me a box with my name and asking me to input a password.
Which password though?
I had just spent a couple of hours installing a borrowed eMac whilst my 6500/300 is away for repair and getting Mail to work with my ISP. Hence I was up to my neck in passwords and usernames which it turned out weren't usernames at all but something else. So you can probably imagine I had by then got passwords up to my back teeth. Now I'm getting asked for yet another one! Whoowee!!
I tried all the passwords I could think of but eventually the Apple Download site told me to go away and take it easy for a while, try again later.
Any clues as to what Password I am being asked for and how I can retrieve it, please?
PM6500/300 (603e) Mac OS 9.1.x

Problem solved.
I tried again. Got it wrong again. However, when I had used up my third try, the website just gave me my password and said try again.
So I did. And it worked.
Updating the iPod is funny isn't it? A few seconds on the Mac then unplug it from the Mac and plug it into the wall. Then watch as iPod updates itself. Very odd way of going about things. Well, it amused me for a while anyway.
I wonder what the update does?
D-NO

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