IPod Nano Won't Update Or Restore To 1.1.3

I tried to update an iPod nano to 1.1.3 using iTunes 7.2 and the update froze after being prompted for an admin user id and password. After 10 minutes I killed iTunes and then tried to update the nano again after iTunes discovered it was in recovery mode. That too froze and I had to kill iTunes again.
I then went through the nano reset procedure and put the nano in disk mode and formated it. The format seemed to work, but the restore to 1.1.3 still freezes.
This nano has had no problems until I tried to update it to 1.1.3.
Any idea what to do now? Maybe try 1.1.2? Where can I get it?
Thanks.

I not only cannot update the nano, I can't copy music to it either. These problems occur on an iMac G4.
I was able to update the nano and copy music using my iMac G3 running iTunes 7.0.2.
So I went back to the iMac G4 and tried all of these things:
1) Moved the nano to another USB port
2) Used the cable from the iMac G3 on the iMac G4
3) Rebooted my back-up disk and ran iTunes 7.0.2
None of these changes fixed the problem. I still cannot copy music to the nano on my iMac G4.
Any idea why the G3 works and the G4 fails? Could the 1.1.3 update be the problem?
Thanks.

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