IPod Nano won't charge on Mac Pro

Strange problem this. I have the following machines:
iMac 10.5.8 (late 2006); iTunes 9.0.1
iMac 10.6.2 (late 2009); iTunes 9.0.2
Mac Pro 10.5.8 (2006); iTunes 9.0.2
My Mac Pro has my itunes library on it.
I have a 1st gen Nano and 2 2nd gen Nanos which sync and charge fine with the Mac Pro. I also have 1st gen Touch and an iPhone, both of which will sync and charge with the Mac Pro.
Just got 2 new toys in the family: a 5th gen Nano and a 3rd gen Touch. Neither will sync or charge with the Mac Pro. However both will sync and charge fine with either of the iMacs.
I have tried all 5 USB ports on the Mac Pro, they are all USB 2.0 so should be ok, and I have tried 3 different sync cables. The best I managed was once the 5th gen nano started charging, connected then 10 secs later disconnected again.
Does anyone know if the latest ipods work with the 2006 Mac Pro? If so, any ideas what could cause this?

An update....it looks as though none of my iPods work will sync with the Mac Pro anymore, which changes the nature of the problem completely. I did a sync to my 1st gen Nano yesterday so I know it was working then. Since yesterday the only change I can think of is trying to sync the new iPods to the Pro.
Each time I plug an iPod into the Pro I get the following errors on the Console:
Dec 25 13:11:36 Macintosh kernel[0]: USBF: 289.304 [0x8663a00] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 1 of hub @ location: 0xfd000000)
Dec 25 13:11:43 Macintosh kernel[0]: USBF: 296.538 [0x8663a00] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.
I'm going to try reinstalling iTunes. Anyone seen this before?

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