Ipod restores after syncing

I have a beloved Ipod Classic. I recently installed a new computer, and brought over my itunes files to that computer. When I connected my Ipod to sync the music onto it, it said I needed to restore the Ipod, then the circle of **** began.
Now, when I plug in my ipod, I sync it, and when I click to eject, the ipod gets frozen on the "Okay to Disconnect" screen, then restarts itself after a minute, with no music on it. I then tried to click restore again, the Ipod restores, then Itunes says "Itunes has detected an Ipod in Recovery Mode. You must restore this Ipod before it can be used with Itunes". I restore, and the same thing happens!
Please help! I brought this to apple yesterday, and they barely looked at it and just offered me to fix it for $130!

If the On This iPod tab shows a list of songs, then they are being synced to the iPod. Not being able to play them there (from that tab in iTunes) is normal, if you use automatic syncing. The list is probably grayed out.
I'm not sure why the songs to not appear when the iPod is being used.
Try this test. Do a Restore again. If it asks if you want to sync your library to the iPod during thre Restore process, decline doing so. Also, show the iTunes sidebar, so that iTunes operates like it did before this version. From the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar. You can change that back later.
Select the iPod in the sidebar, under DEVICES. On the Summary tab, check the box for Manually manage music and videos, if it is not already. Apply this change, if needed.
In the sidebar, "drop down" the iPod's content list and select Music there. To the right, is the list of songs on the iPod, which should be empty at the moment. NOTE: This is equivalent to the "On This iPod" tab.
Go to the iTunes Music library in the sidebar. Using the manual method to load the iPod, drag a small number of songs from the Music library to the iPod. When you go back to Music under the iPod, you should see those songs on the iPod's Music list. The list should no longer be grayed out, although you still may not be able to play the songs from there (in iTunes).
Now, try the things that did not work before... Eject and disconnect the iPod, and see if those songs appear on the iPod and are playable.

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