IPod shows -  Updating failed, Ipod can't read or be written to

This is on a MAC G5 w/ Tiger, and this is a 60G Ipod. My Ipod will download a few songs - depending on how "cold" it is - if I put in in the fridge for a little bit, then try a download it will take up to 20 - 40 songs before I get this message. After a while, it gets warm, then it doesn't download any at all, or just one or two after synching.
I have to go through a process of putting away the IPOD, disconnecting it, then reaaching it.
I've installed the latest ipod updater.
what next?

hiya!
i'm no expert on connecting to a Mac, but there are a few (Mac-relevant) things mentioned in this document that you don't explicitly mention having tried:
"Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod or "Firmware update failure" error when updating or restoring iPod
love, b

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