Ipod Not recognized 3rd generation

Ok so yesterday i had an ipod nano that wa snew and i had already had itunes downloaded on the computer. I found out that itunes could not recognize the drive and i had to reformat and update my ipod to get it to recognize. Well it worked. The problem i have is i just got another ipod (a 3rd generation) and when i plug it into the computer my computer recognizes it but itunes wont. I dont remember everything i did to the nano to reformat and update but i am wondering if i run the updater i installed yesterday, would that help? WOuld itunes recognize it? Also can i use the updater i downloaded yesterday for the nano and update the 3rd generation one?

Hello Vickileve, Mikey!
Ask around about fanatical 3G iPod owners, and my name is at the top of the list. I love it. I think the newer models are all serious downgrades over the 3G. I bought an iPod to carry my music, so it doesn't need color screens, or the ability to display photos or movies. What it does need to be is solid, and mine is. Dispite the whole battery flap, I still regularly get over 4 hours of continuous play. It has never once frozen or given me any evil startup icons. And those glowing buttons always get a second look from iPod "newbies" with their 4G, photo, mini, nano, with Video models.
"Back in the day", there were tons of issues with folks connecting the 3G to USB. As you seem to have found a few of them, I'm going to share some info to make your lives easier. The 3G was the first iPod that (nominally) supported USB. It was really an afterthought tacked on to a firewire device to help market it to the Aindows community (me at the time). It never seemed to work that well on Windows computers. iPods would get lost because XP recycled USB resources, and iTunes became confused. They would only load a small number of songs at a time. Then there's the whole USB 1.1 vs. USB 2 thing...
Almost without fail, the solution to a USB related issue was "use firewire". It really did clear up most of teh problems. And for those that would like to be part of the best group of iPod companions, the advice is still sound. Your 3G iPod will be much better behaved if you get an inexpensive Adaptec firewire card.

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